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Noun snake has 5 senses

snake, serpent, ophidian - limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
--₁ is a kind of diapsid, diapsid reptile
--₁ is a member of Serpentes, suborder Serpentes, Ophidia, suborder Ophidia
--₁ has particulars:
colubrid snake, colubrid; blind snake, worm snake; constrictor; elapid, elapid snake; sea snake; viper
snake, snake in the grass - a deceitful or treacherous person
--₂ is a kind of bad person
Snake, Snake River - a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
--₃ is a kind of river
--₃ is a part of
Wyoming, Equality State, WY; Idaho, Gem State, ID; Oregon, Beaver State, OR; Washington, Evergreen State, WA
--₃ has parts: Twin, Twin Falls
Hydra, Snake - a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
--₄ is a kind of constellation
snake - something resembling a snake
--₅ is a kind of object, physical object
--₅ has particulars: closet auger; plumber's snake, auger; trap-and-drain auger
Derived forms: verb snake₁, verb snake₂

Verb snake has 3 senses

snake - move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
--₁ is one way to glide

Derived form: noun snake₅
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
snake - form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley"
--₂ is one way to wind, curve

Derived form: noun snake₅
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
snake - move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle"
--₃ is one way to weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP