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A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.
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A treacherous person.
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A tool for unclogging plumbing.
A tool to aid cable pulling.
(slang) A trouser snake; the penis.
To follow or move in a winding route.
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(transitive, Australia, slang) To steal slyly.
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To clean using a plumbing snake.
(US, informal) To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out .
(nautical) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a proper noun snake
is (video games) an early computer game, later popular on mobile phones, in which the player attempts to manoeuvre a perpetually growing snake so as to collect food items and avoid colliding with walls or the snake's tail.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.snake
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(wikipedia snake)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (reptile) joe blake, serpent * (plumbing tool) auger, plumber's snake * (tool for cable pulling) wirepullerDerived terms
* snakebite * snake in the grass * snake oilVerb
(snak)- The path snaked through the forest.
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- The river snakes through the valley.
- He snaked my DVD!
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Synonyms
* (move in a winding path) slither, windSee also
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Adjective
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