snake

n 1: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn: {serpent},

{ophidian}]

2: a deceitful or treacherous person [syn: {snake in the grass}]

3: a tributary of the Columbia River [syn: {Snake}, {Snake

River}]

4: a long faint constellation near the equator stretching

between Virgo and Cancer [syn: {Hydra}, {Snake}]

5: a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in

curved pipes [syn: {plumber's snake}, {auger}]

v 1: move smoothly, like a snake

2: form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the

valley"

3: move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the

jungle"