snake definition

1. limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
2. a deceitful or treacherous person
3. a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
4. something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
5. move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
6. form a snake-like pattern
• examples: The river snakes through the valley
7. move along a winding path
• examples: The army snaked through the jungle