ser|pen|tined

ser|pen|tined
ser|pen|tined «SUR puhn teend, -tynd», adjective.
1. having serpents; infested with snakes: »

... the disappearance of two other woodsmen in the alligatored and serpentined gloom (Newsweek).

2. Figurative. twisted or winding like a snake: »

serpentined mountain roads.


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  • ser|pen|tine — «adjective, verb. SUR puhn teen, tyn; noun. SUR puhn teen», adjective, noun, verb, tined, tin|ing. –adj. 1. of or like a serpent. 2. twisting; winding: »the serpentine course of a creek …   Useful english dictionary

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