The train snaked along, gaining speed as it went downhill.
•The line of people waiting to buy tickets snaked along slowly.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
Snake wine — ( rượu rắn in Vietnamese) is an alcoholic beverage that includes a whole venomous snake in the bottle. It originated in Vietnam and can be found around Southeast Asia. The snakes, preferably venomous ones, are usually not preserved for their meat … Wikipedia
Snake — Ophidian redirects here. For the professional wrestler, see The Osirian Portal. This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Snake (disambiguation). Snakes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent, 112–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Snake-arm robot — A snake arm robot is a slender hyper redundant manipulator. The high number of degrees of freedom allows the arm to “snake” along a path or around an obstacle – hence the name “snake arm”. Definition Snake arm robots are also described as… … Wikipedia
snake — snake1 S3 [sneık] n [: Old English; Origin: snaca] 1.) an animal with a long thin body and no legs, that often has a poisonous bite ▪ A snake slithered across our path. a poisonous/venomous snake 2.) also snake in the grass informal someone … Dictionary of contemporary English
Snake scales — Snakes, like other reptiles, have a skin covered in scales. Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India. page 1] Snakes are entirely covered with scales or scutes of various shapes and sizes. Scales protect the body of the snake, aid it… … Wikipedia
Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area — The Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area has one of the densest populations of nesting raptors.[1] The National Conservation Area (NCA) is located 35 miles (56 km) s … Wikipedia
SNAKE — (Heb. נָחָשׁ, naḥash), a generic name for various species of snake, poisonous and harmless. Both in the Bible and generally in rabbinical literature it is mentioned with ignominy as harmful. It already appears at the dawn of history in the Bible… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Snake coils (geology) — Snake coils is a descriptive term used by physical geologist and glaciologists to describe the snake coil like shape that occurs along certain ablation lines. Essentially miniature tunnel valleys, the peculiar natural shapes were first described… … Wikipedia
Snake Island (Lake Simcoe) — Snake Island is located in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.After the war of 1812, these islands, along with Fox Island and Georgina Island were purchased by Joseph Snake (a member of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation from the British. It … Wikipedia
snake dance — ☆ snake dance n. 1. a ceremonial dance by American Indians involving the handling, imitation, etc. of snakes; esp., a ceremony performed every two years by the Hopi Indians, in which live rattlesnakes are handled 2. an informal parade in which… … English World dictionary
snake — snakelike, adj. /snayk/, n., v., snaked, snaking. n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas. 2. a treacherous person; an … Universalium
