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   serpentine

   /ˈsəːp(ə)ntʌɪn/

   adjective

   • 1. of or like a serpent or snake: "serpentine coils"
   • ▪ winding and twisting like a snake: "serpentine country lanes" Similar windingwindyzigzagzigzaggingtwistingtwistyturningmeanderingcurvingsinuoussnakingsnakytortuousrare:anfractuousflexuousmeandrousserpentiformOpposite straight
   • ▪ complex, cunning, or treacherous: "his charm was too subtle and serpentine for me" Similar complicatedintricatecomplexinvolvedtortuousconvolutedtangledelaborateknottyconfusingbewilderingbafflinginextricableentangledimpenetrableByzantineDaedalianGordianrare:involuteinvolutedOpposite straightforwardsimple

   noun

   • 1. a dark green mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, sometimes mottled or spotted like a snake's skin.
   • 2. a winding lake in Hyde Park, London, constructed in 1730.
   • 3. a riding exercise consisting of a series of half-circles made alternately to right and left: "for young horses, suppleness and control were built with serpentines"
   • 4. a kind of cannon, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries. historical

   verb

   • 1. move or lie in a winding path or line: "fresh tyre tracks serpentined back towards the hopper"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin serpentinus (see serpent).

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   serpentine: [adjective] of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement).

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   SERPENTINE definition: 1. curving and twisting like a snake: 2. complicated and difficult to understand: 3. curving and…. Learn more.

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   SERPENTINE meaning: 1. curving and twisting like a snake: 2. complicated and difficult to understand: 3. curving and…. Learn more.

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   serpentine: 1 adj resembling a serpent in form “a serpentine wall” Synonyms: snakelike , snaky curved , curving having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend

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   Serpentine definition: of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.. See examples of SERPENTINE used in a sentence.

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   Serpentine definition: Of or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement; sinuous. In the south and west the sedimentary rocks most largely developed are of ancient, pre-Carboniferous date, interrupted by considerable patches of granite, serpentine and other crystalline rocks.

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   Definition of serpentine adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Jun 15, 2024 · serpentine (third-person singular simple present serpentines, present participle serpentining, simple past and past participle serpentined). To serpentize; to turn or bend; to meander.. 1813, George Nicholson, The Cambrian Traveller's Guidey There were two little lakes, or rather large pools which stood in the bottom, whence issued a rivulet which serpentined in view for two or three miles, offering a pleasing relief to the eye.

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    5 senses: 1. of, relating to, or resembling a serpent 2. twisting; winding 3. mathematics a curve that is symmetric about the.... Click for more definitions.

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    serpentine meaning, definition, what is serpentine: winding like a snake: Learn more.