serpentine
111serpentine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. snaky, reptilian, herpetic; sinuous, slithery; winding, tortuous, snaking; cunning, wily, venomous, cold blooded. See convolution. Ant., straight [forward]. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. snakelike,… …
112Serpentine — Ser|pen|ti|ne 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: n〉 1. in Schlangenlinien ansteigender Weg an Berghängen 2. Kurve, Kehre, Windung [Etym.: <lat. serpens »Schlange«] …
113Serpentine — Ser|pen|ti|ne die; , n <zu spätlat. serpentinus »schlangenartig«>: a) Schlangenlinie, in Schlangenlinie ansteigender Weg an Berghängen; b) Windung, Kehre, Kehrschleife …
114serpentine — hydrous magnesium silicate …
115serpentine — [ sə:p(ə)ntʌɪn] adjective of or like a serpent or snake. ↘winding and twisting. ↘complex, cunning, or treacherous. noun 1》 a dark green mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, sometimes mottled or spotted like a snake s skin. 2》 a… …
116serpentine — I. a. Winding, meandering, crooked, anfractuous, spiral, tortuous, undulating, sinuous, twisted. II. n. Ophite, green porphyry …
117serpentine — Of shape, sinuous or snake like, e.g. the trunks of large, old plants of Dioon merolae; of a substrate, containing magnesium silicate and usually dull green, e.g. the soil where Macrozamia serpentina grows …
118serpentine — adj 1. slender, svelte, lithe, elongated; wriggly, writhing, squirming, slinky; coiled, convoluted, spiral, (of a woman) Inf. curvaceous, anguilliform. 2. sinuous, winding, meandering, twisting; curvy, flexuous, curved, tortuous, crooked,… …
119serpentine — ser·pen·tine …
120serpentine — I. /ˈsɜpəntaɪn / (say serpuhntuyn) adjective 1. of or relating to a serpent. 2. moving in a winding course or having a winding form; tortuous; winding. 3. having the qualities of a serpent; subtle, artful, or cunning. –noun 4. a thin winding line …
