snake

«snake» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A long reptile with no legs that moves by sliding along… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a snake, snakes); verb (snake, snakes, snaked — to move in a winding line)

meaning for a pupil

1) A long reptile with no legs that moves by sliding along the ground; some have a poisonous (venomous) bite. tree →

2) A person who cannot be trusted (insult). tree →

3) Verb: to move or lie in long bends: «The path snaked up the hill». tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Jacob's blessing compares the tribe of Dan to a snake that bites from the path. In the primary lessons: In science: snakes are cold-blooded reptiles with scales; they shed their skin, smell with their tongues, swallow prey whole; some are venomous, like rattlesnakes (USA) and brown snakes (Australia); Ireland and New Zealand have no wild snakes. In safety: leave snakes alone, stand still or back away slowly, never pick one up, wear boots in long grass, tell an adult; get help fast after a bite. Games: snakes and ladders. Phrases: snake bite, venomous snake, snakes and ladders, a snake in the grass.

examples

• Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward. (Torah GEN.49.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• A snake has no legs. tree →
• Snakes smell with their tongues. tree →
• If you see a snake, back away slowly. tree →
• Never try to pick up a snake. tree →
• Australia has many venomous snakes. tree →
• There are no wild snakes in Ireland. tree →
• We played snakes and ladders. tree →
• The queue snaked around the corner. tree →
• Then said the Snake, "Come forth, Ivanushka! tree →

note

Countable: snakes. Venomous (poison you through a bite) is the correct word for most dangerous snakes, though people often say «poisonous». Myth: snakes are not slimy — their skin is dry. Myth: you should not suck out venom; keep still and get help.

In the corpora

• Snakes shed their skin in one piece as they grow, starting at the lips, and their eyes turn cloudy blue just before.
• Snakes push their bodies against bumps on the ground to move, and pythons still have tiny leg bones left from ancestors with legs.
• Snakes are cold-blooded, so they need far less food than mammals; a big python can go months without a meal.
• Snakes have no outer ears and hear little of sounds in the air, but they feel vibrations through the ground and their jaws.
• Snakes have no eyelids; a clear scale covers each eye.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «snake» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.