1. (

• snake ,
• serpent ,
• ophidian

) limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous ;

2. (

• snake ,
• snake_in_the_grass

) a deceitful or treacherous person ;

3. (

• 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 ;

4. (

• Hydra ,
• Snake ,

) a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer ;

5. (

• snake

) something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake ;

6. (

• plumber's_snake ,
• snake ,
• auger ,

) a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes ;

1. (

• snake ,

) move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake ;

2. (

• snake

) form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley" ;

3. (

• snake

) move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle" ;