snake
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
Types & categories
- diapsid hypernym
- colubrid snake hyponym
- worm snake hyponym
- constrictor hyponym
- elapid hyponym
- sea snake hyponym
- viper hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Serpentes member holonym
Related & opposite
- serpentine derivation
Sense 2 verb
move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
Types & categories
- glide hypernym
Related & opposite
- snake derivation
Sense 3 noun
a deceitful or treacherous person
Types & categories
- bad person hypernym
Sense 4 verb
form a snake-like pattern
The river snakes through the valley
Types & categories
- curve hypernym
Related & opposite
- snake derivation
Sense 5 verb
move along a winding path
The army snaked through the jungle
Types & categories
- meander hypernym
Sense 6 noun
something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
Types & categories
- object hypernym
- closet auger hyponym
- auger hyponym
- trap-and-drain auger hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | serpentine |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Serpentes |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | diapsid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | colubrid snake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | worm snake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | constrictor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elapid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sea snake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | viper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | snake |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | glide |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bad person |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | snake |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | curve |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | meander |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | snake |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | snake |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | closet auger |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | auger |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | trap-and-drain auger |