OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1764

snake

/sneɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
culebra • serpiente • sierpe • víbora
Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
After dark the train is a lighted snake, as, even when the passengers' lights are out, each carriage has a side-light in the middle just under the eaves.
The man writhed like a trampled snake, and a red foam bubbled from his lips.
víbora
A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person.
Mrs. Kenwigs was horror-stricken to think that she should ever have nourished in her bosom such a snake, adder, viper, serpent, and base crocodile, as Henrietta Petowker.
Near-synonyms: rat; see also Thesaurus:betrayer
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 1765

snake

/sneɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
culebrear • hacer culebra • serpentear
To follow or move in a winding route.
The path snaked through the forest.
The river snakes through the valley.
Phrases