Serpent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A reptile of the order Serpentes; a snake.
  • n. In the Bible, the creature that tempted Eve.
  • n. Satan.
  • n. A subtle, sly, or treacherous person.
  • n. A firework that writhes while burning.
  • n. Music A deep-voiced wind instrument of serpentine shape, used principally from the 17th to 19th century, about 2.5 meters (8 feet) in length and made of brass or wood.
  • n. Serpens.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A snake.
  • n. An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
  • v. To wind; to encircle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under ophidia.
  • n. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
  • n. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.
  • n. The constellation Serpens.
  • n. A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.
  • verb-intransitive. To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
  • v. To wind; to encircle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Crawling on the belly, as a snake, or reptant, as an ophidian; of or pertaining to the Serpentia: correlated with salient and gradient.
  • Having the form or nature of a serpent; of a kind similar to that which a serpent has or might have.
  • Serpentine; winding; tortuous.
  • n. A scaly creature that crawls on the belly; a limbless reptile; properly, a snake; any member of the order Ophidia (which see for technical characters).
  • n. [capitalized] In astronomy, a constellation in the northern hemisphere. See Ophiuchus.
  • n. A musical instrument, properly of the trumpet family, having a cupped mouthpiece, a conical wooden tube bent to and fro several times and usually covered with leather, and nine fingerholes very irregularly disposed.
  • n. In organ-building, a reed-stop similar to the trombone.
  • n. Figuratively, a person who in looks or ways suggests a serpent; a wily, treacherous person; rarely, a fatally fascinating person.
  • n. A kind of firework which burns with a zigzag, serpentine motion or light.
  • n. In firearms, same as serpentin.
  • To wind along like a snake, as a river; take or have a serpentine course; meander.
  • To entwine; girdle as with the coils of a serpent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
  • n. an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
  • n. a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cornet    trumpet    horn    trump    firework    pyrotechnic   
    Variant
    Ophidia   
    Form
    serpented    serpenting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    meander    wind    encircle    snake   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    snake    dragon    lion    beast    spider    elephant    fox    reptile    eagle    bull