serpent

Substantiv

1. 1

   altertümlichA snake.

   He falls into it, who has digg'd a Pit. Who breaks a Hedge is with a Serpent bit.

   Coiled up behind the shrub, […] was a green imamba, the most dreaded of all South African serpents.

   Any serpent six feet long looks formidable; and over that length, one takes on the aspect of a chimera.

2. 2

   A snake-like monster, such as a dragon or sea serpent.

   Then Beowulf too rallied. With his whetted dagger he slit a gash in the serpent's middle.

3. 3

   übertragenA person who is subtle, malicious, treacherous, or deceiving.

   He is a very serpent in my way.

   'Dogs and serpents,' She began in a low voice that gradually gathered power as she went on, till the place rang with it. Eaters of human flesh, two things have ye done. First, ye have attacked these strangers, being white men, and would have slain their servant, and for that alone death is your reward.'

4. 4

   An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).

5. 5

   A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.

6. 6

   Variante von SerpentaltertümlichA snake. Alternative letter-case form of Serpent.

Verb

1. 1

   veraltetTo wind or meander

2. 2

   veraltetTo encircle.

   fruit-trees, whose boles are serpented with excellent vines

Formen

Plural

serpents

Präteritum

serpented

Partizip II

serpented

Partizip I

serpenting

3. Person Singular

serpents