Definition of snake

• n. - Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.
• v. t. - To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. i. - To crawl like a snake.