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snakes

USSNAYKS/sneɪks/

3 meanings of snakes

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of snake. Use this form when you mean more than one snake.

    Two snakes slid quietly across the path.

    We saw lots of snakes at the reptile house.

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  2. 2
    verb
    Third-person singular simple present of snake. Use this form with he, she, or it.

    The river snakes through the green valley.

    A long path snakes up the hillside.

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  3. 3
    interjection
    A word you say when something surprises or shocks you.

    Snakes! That noise nearly scared me half to death.

    Well, snakes, I never thought he would actually win.

    Similargosh, golly, wow, crikey

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snakes is a form of snake

snake, noun: A long, thin reptile that has no legs and moves by sliding along the ground. Full entry

Forms
snakesnakes plural
Spelling
snake → snakes: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /s/.

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