snaked
past simple and past participle ofsnake
snake
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
uk/sneɪk/us/sneɪk/tomovealong aroutethatincludesa lot oftwistsorbends:
Theriversnakes through some of the mostspectacularcountrysidein France.
Thequeueforticketssnaked all the way around theblock.
Bending, twisting and curving
- ball up
- bendy
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- describe
- entwine
- flex
- flexion
- flexure
- fluted
- matted
- meander
- sinuous
- torsion
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- true
- twiddly
- wring
Idiom
snakeitsway
Examplesofsnaked
snaked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Massive overhead ducting no longer provided any ventilation; pipes with equally obsolete functionssnakedup and down the walls.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Such reorganisations meant that either children "snaked" through a town from one building to another, or staff did so in minibuses.
From the
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Also, thesesnakedrunners are needed for some variable length/ split runner designs, and allow the size of the plenum to be reduced.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Oil caught fire and the firesnakedacross the water before it extinguished itself.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A padded, serpentine barsnakedthrough the room's mirror, chrome and black leather decor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There were many smaller walls thatsnakedthrough the city as well.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The most striking change was the swoopy four-into-one exhaust system thatsnakedaround the frame, converging into a single muffler on the right side of the bike.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hesnakedhis way through and escaped.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A balloon catheter issnakedinto the affected vessel from the femoral artery, and the balloon is inflated to prevent blood flow that could hinder the retrieval process.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Cool room air entered the spaces through lower openings, was warmed as itsnakedaround the baffles in the spaces, and returned to the room through upper openings.
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