snake
/sneɪk/ noun A1- Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
- A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person. · Near-synonyms: rat; see also Thesaurus:betrayer
- A tool for unclogging plumbing.
- A tool to aid cable pulling.
- Trouser snake; the penis.
- A series of Bézier curves.
- The seventh Lenormand card.
- An informer; a rat. · Gem’s a snake for Kamale, man.
Plural snakes
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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## The Farmer and the Snake
ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold.
The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound.
## The Laborer and the Snake
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