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Definition of snake verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

snake

verb
 
/sneɪk/
 
/sneɪk/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they snake
 
/sneɪk/
 
/sneɪk/
he / she / it snakes
 
/sneɪks/
 
/sneɪks/
past simple snaked
 
/sneɪkt/
 
/sneɪkt/
past participle snaked
 
/sneɪkt/
 
/sneɪkt/
-ing form snaking
 
/ˈsneɪkɪŋ/
 
/ˈsneɪkɪŋ/
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  1. to move like a snake, in long twisting curves; to go in a particular direction in long twisting curves synonym meander
    • + adv./prep. The road snaked away into the distance.
    • snake its way + adv./prep. The procession snaked its way through narrow streets.
    Word OriginOld English snaca, of Germanic origin.
See snake in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
perspective
noun
 
 
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