/sneɪk/

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Meaning

A long thin animal with no legs that moves along the ground.

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Word origin

From Old English snaca, the old Germanic word for the crawling animal.

Origin
Old English
Root
snaca

Grammar

Gender
Pluralsnakes

Examples

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"Snake" is one long thin animal with no legs.

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"Snakes" is the plural, meaning more than one snake.

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Here "snake" is the animal we are describing.

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This word is taught in chapter 19, lesson 4: snake, clue, boring and 7 more words.