serpentine
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: From Middle English serpentine, from Old French serpentin, from Latin serpentīnus, from serpēns (“serpent”), equivalent to serpent + -ine.
Base: serpent
Affixes: -ine
Inflected forms:
form: more serpentine
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most serpentine
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: serpentines
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: serpentines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: serpentining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: serpentined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: serpentined
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
pos: adj
gloss: Of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.
pos: adj
examples: The wily criminal was known for his serpentine behavior.
gloss: Having the form or shape of a snake.
pos: adj
examples: There are serpentine species of lizards which do not have legs.
gloss: Curving in alternate directions; sinuous.
pos: adj
examples: The serpentine path through the mountains was narrow and dangerous.
So! keep looking so— / My serpentining beauty, rounds on rounds!
Between Magherafelt and Macfin its length of 29¼ miles made a rather serpentine line on the map, as it attempted to serve the rather scattered towns and villages that lie between the River Bann and the Dungiven Mountains.
gloss: Pertaining to the serpentine subgroup of minerals.
pos: adj
examples: serpentine soils
gloss: Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
pos: noun
gloss: An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A kind of firework.
pos: noun
gloss: A coiled distillation tube.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea
pos: noun
gloss: In dressage, a winding walk across on the arena.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.
pos: noun
examples: It is reached by five-and-twenty steps of porphyry and serpentine.
gloss: An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.
pos: noun
gloss: To serpentize; to turn or bend; to meander.
pos: verb
examples: 1813, George Nicholson, The Cambrian Traveller's Guidey
There were two little lakes, or rather large pools which stood in the bottom, whence issued a rivulet which serpentined in view for two or three miles, offering a pleasing relief to the eye.
The mountains were fully in their gorgeous autumn garb the next morning, as the train serpentined up and up toward the divide.
Most great mountain riders carve up the slope, serpentining as he climbs up the mountain. A mountain rider will as he loses momentum will turn out a bit, reducing the angle of attack. He will continue carving switchbacks, using body english jumping from one side of his sled to the other, as he continues climbing higher and higher.
At least one road here (the one serpentining up the mountain to Urfeld at the Walchensee) is prohibited for bicycles on weekends.
Derived words: nonserpentine
serpentine belt
serpentine fern
serpentinely
serpentineness
serpentine verse
unserpentine
serpentinic
serpentinicolous
serpentinise
serpentinite
serpentinization
serpentinize
serpentinous
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