snaking
present 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
Examplesofsnaking
snaking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In contrast, odorant stimuli possess both spatial and temporal character,snakingout complex plumes that can wander over a wide area.
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Large-scale jet instability is likely t o be the underlying cause of thesnakingwhich may well be a yet unobserved feature of air.
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Snakingcolumns can have footnotes, handy if your club newsletter addresses a very pedantic membership.
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The wall of housing was designed as asnakingband, rising and falling in relation to the land and the accommodation, with a general emphasis on unity of expression.
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There was a railway linesnakingover empty fields on which reposed abandoned railway trucks through which the bindweed grew profusely.
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I stood behind the counters and saw the queues of peoplesnakingthrough.
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That is merely a counsel of despair; it is telling us that we must give up any idea ofsnakingany competition with our competitors.
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I believe that the legislation is beginning to achieve its purpose ofsnakingconsumers better aware of the cost of credit.
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In 1913 the country exported 79,000,000 tons, 21,000,000 tons of bunker coal, and 4,000,000 tons of patent fuel,snakinga total of 104,000,000 tons.
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I can assure him that we shall not use those wide words for the purpose ofsnakingwholly extraneous points.
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We ought to turn our attention to rearming tosnakingup for lost time and making ourselves strong to play our part worthily in the world whatever may come.
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I venture to suggest that it is possible that our motorways might become long arboreta,snakingacross the nation so that they would be a joy to drive along.
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There were proposals to link former grammar schools with secondary modern schools on the other side of a town which would result in children "snaking" through towns and cities.
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I am notsnakingpolitical points.
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The result is a "snaking" pattern as the stream meanders back and forth across its down-valley axis.
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- misguided
- misguided attempt
- misguidedly
- misguided policy
- mishandle
- mishandled
- mishandling
- mishap
- mishear
- mishit
- mishmash
- misidentification
- misidentify
- misinform
- misinformation
- misinformed
- misinforming
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misinterpreted
- misinterpreting
- misjudge
- misjudged
- misjudging
- misjudgment