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/ |
- 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.Definitions on the go
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