Sekirov Dictionary

serpent

UK /ˈsɜːpənt/US /ˈsɝpənt/

noun 5
verb 2
forms 3

noun5

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A snake-like creature, such as a sea serpent.
- Then Beowulf too rallied. With his whetted dagger he slit a gash in the serpent's middle. — 1961
•
(figurative) A person who is subtle, malicious, treacherous, or deceiving.
- He is a very serpent in my way. — 1596
An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
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(literary, no longer used) A snake.
- He falls into it, who has digg'd a Pit. Who breaks a Hedge is with a Serpent bit. — 1712

verb2

(no longer used) To wind or meander
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(no longer used) To encircle.
- fruit-trees, whose boles are serpented with excellent vines — 1645

forms

serpented · serpenting · serpents

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