Snake
noun
A long reptile that has no legs.
The python is a type of snake found in Africa and Asia.
Often appears as...
- venomous snake
- python snake
verb
To move or extend with the twisting motion of a snake.
The river snakes through the valley.
Often appears as...
- snake around
- snake through
noun
A treacherous or deceitful person.
He turned out to be a snake, stealing from his own family.
Often appears as...
- trust a snake
- be a snake
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A tool for clearing blocked pipes.
I used a snake to unblock the drain.
Often appears as...
- use a snake
- snake the drain
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Technical
noun
A long reptile that has no legs.
The python is a type of snake found in Africa and Asia.
Often appears as...
- venomous snake
- python snake
verb
To move or extend with the twisting motion of a snake.
The river snakes through the valley.
Often appears as...
- snake around
- snake through
noun
A treacherous or deceitful person.
He turned out to be a snake, stealing from his own family.
Often appears as...
- trust a snake
- be a snake
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A tool for clearing blocked pipes.
I used a snake to unblock the drain.
Often appears as...
- use a snake
- snake the drain
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Habitat
Snakes are associated with wild environments, often provoking fear or intrigue.
We cautiously walked through the jungle, aware that snakes could be lurking.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Symbol
Snakes have significant cultural symbolism, representing both good and evil.
In many myths, a snake symbolizes rebirth, due to its skin shedding.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Habitat
Snakes are associated with wild environments, often provoking fear or intrigue.
We cautiously walked through the jungle, aware that snakes could be lurking.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Symbol
Snakes have significant cultural symbolism, representing both good and evil.
In many myths, a snake symbolizes rebirth, due to its skin shedding.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Habitat
Snakes are associated with wild environments, often provoking fear or intrigue.
We cautiously walked through the jungle, aware that snakes could be lurking.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Symbol
Snakes have significant cultural symbolism, representing both good and evil.
In many myths, a snake symbolizes rebirth, due to its skin shedding.
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Nizar Ibrahim: How we...
It's a difficult place to work in. You have to deal with sandstorms and snakes and scorpions, and it's very difficult to find good fossils there. But our hard work paid off. We discovered many incredible specimens. There's the largest dinosaur bone that had ever been found in this part of the Sahara.
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Filming The World's...
maybe it's their incredible adaptation so this deadliest bird in the world could also be a very caring parent and that's how he survives um that ancient foreign the forest naturally has lots of lizards and snakes and bugs but introduced species are a massive problem in australia that
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Re-adapting to Indian...
to mean freedom to pray to a tree or a snake or a monkey why not your car no driver really will drive the car without performing the ceremony first well soon thereafter truck driver unlicensed truck driver backed into my car instantly there is a crowd around you
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The myth behind the...
Next came the dragon, who could have flown directly across, but stopped to help some creatures she had encountered on the way. After her came the horse, galloping across the river. But just as she got across, the snake slithered by.
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The Egyptian Book of the...
But first, that spirit must pass through the duat, or underworld. This is a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical gates, all guarded by fearsome beasts - snakes, crocodiles, and half-human monstrosities
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5 Amazing Animal...
she react as she would to the real thing bravely protecting the colony with no thought for herself our aim is to harass the snake into leaving but the spy snake
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Red-Tailed Hawk vs....
snakes in the world it's bite is loaded with hemo toxic venom and this can cause considerable pain and tissue damage in any creature it sinks its fangs in to
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Old Woman Is Master Sea...
It takes some nerve to wade in with no protective clothing. Sea snake venom can be ten times more powerful than a rattlesnake's.
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Snake Kills Rodent Which...
Even the baby is determined to help. But his mother has spotted something. This yellow rat snake isn't after monkeys.
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Top 5 Slithering Snake...
of reptiles in the world our fear of snakes is really a fear of vipers yet it's mixed with fascination too
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Nizar Ibrahim: How we...
It's a difficult place to work in. You have to deal with sandstorms and snakes and scorpions, and it's very difficult to find good fossils there. But our hard work paid off. We discovered many incredible specimens. There's the largest dinosaur bone that had ever been found in this part of the Sahara.
Video examples
Filming The World's...
maybe it's their incredible adaptation so this deadliest bird in the world could also be a very caring parent and that's how he survives um that ancient foreign the forest naturally has lots of lizards and snakes and bugs but introduced species are a massive problem in australia that
Video examples
Re-adapting to Indian...
to mean freedom to pray to a tree or a snake or a monkey why not your car no driver really will drive the car without performing the ceremony first well soon thereafter truck driver unlicensed truck driver backed into my car instantly there is a crowd around you
Video examples
The myth behind the...
Next came the dragon, who could have flown directly across, but stopped to help some creatures she had encountered on the way. After her came the horse, galloping across the river. But just as she got across, the snake slithered by.
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
But first, that spirit must pass through the duat, or underworld. This is a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical gates, all guarded by fearsome beasts - snakes, crocodiles, and half-human monstrosities
Video examples
5 Amazing Animal...
she react as she would to the real thing bravely protecting the colony with no thought for herself our aim is to harass the snake into leaving but the spy snake
Video examples
Red-Tailed Hawk vs....
snakes in the world it's bite is loaded with hemo toxic venom and this can cause considerable pain and tissue damage in any creature it sinks its fangs in to
Video examples
Old Woman Is Master Sea...
It takes some nerve to wade in with no protective clothing. Sea snake venom can be ten times more powerful than a rattlesnake's.
Video examples
Snake Kills Rodent Which...
Even the baby is determined to help. But his mother has spotted something. This yellow rat snake isn't after monkeys.
Video examples
Top 5 Slithering Snake...
of reptiles in the world our fear of snakes is really a fear of vipers yet it's mixed with fascination too
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Quote examples
Gary Larson
American Cartoonist
As a kid I used to raise snakes. Obviously, my social life was a bit down at the time. But it took me a while to realise that with an interest like that people are going to think there's something wrong with you.
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Ginuwine
American Actor
I didn't have my mom or my dad or cousins or anybody to guide me. I was around a whole bunch of wolves... I was just like, 'Lord, just guide me and weed these snakes out of my life.
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Claire Coffee
American Actress
Real-life things, like spiders and snakes, that doesn't scare me, but if it's a monster or a ghost or an alien, that will always scare me.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
When I was 16... I worked in a pet store. And they fired me because... they had three snakes in there, and one day I braided them.
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Tana French
Irish Novelist
Everybody has ways in which they've been lucky in life, and everybody also has ways in which they've definitely rolled snake eyes.
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Britt Ekland
Swedish Actress
I'm not scared of snakes, spiders or heights. I have three children; as a mum, you can't be afraid of things like that.
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Michael Zaslow
American Actor
Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him.
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Edward Albee
American Dramatist
He that has been bitten by a snake is afraid of a rope.
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Robin Williams
American Comedian
I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance.
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Harriet Tubman
American Activist
Never wound a snake; kill it.
Quote examples
Gary Larson
American Cartoonist
As a kid I used to raise snakes. Obviously, my social life was a bit down at the time. But it took me a while to realise that with an interest like that people are going to think there's something wrong with you.
Quote examples
Ginuwine
American Actor
I didn't have my mom or my dad or cousins or anybody to guide me. I was around a whole bunch of wolves... I was just like, 'Lord, just guide me and weed these snakes out of my life.
Quote examples
Claire Coffee
American Actress
Real-life things, like spiders and snakes, that doesn't scare me, but if it's a monster or a ghost or an alien, that will always scare me.
Quote examples
Steven Wright
American Comedian
When I was 16... I worked in a pet store. And they fired me because... they had three snakes in there, and one day I braided them.
Quote examples
Tana French
Irish Novelist
Everybody has ways in which they've been lucky in life, and everybody also has ways in which they've definitely rolled snake eyes.
Quote examples
Britt Ekland
Swedish Actress
I'm not scared of snakes, spiders or heights. I have three children; as a mum, you can't be afraid of things like that.
Quote examples
Michael Zaslow
American Actor
Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him.
Quote examples
Edward Albee
American Dramatist
He that has been bitten by a snake is afraid of a rope.
Quote examples
Robin Williams
American Comedian
I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance.
Quote examples
Harriet Tubman
American Activist
Never wound a snake; kill it.
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