1. Noun
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
2. Verb
To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out.
3. Verb
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.
4. Verb
To crawl like a snake.
5. Noun
limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
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