a reptile with a very long thin body and no legs. There are many types of snake, some of which are poisonous:
a snake coiled up in the grass * Venomous snakes spit and hiss when they are cornered.
IDIOMS
a snake (in the grass) (disapproving) a person who pretends to be your friend but who cannot be trusted
verb [+adv./prep.] (written) to move like a snake, in long twisting curves; to go in a particular direction in long twisting curves:
[V] The road snaked away into the distance. * [VN] The procession snaked its way through narrow streets.
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