Serpentine

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
2. sıfat Of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.

   “The wily criminal was known for his serpentine behavior.”

3. sıfat Having the form or shape of a snake.

   “There are serpentine species of lizards which do not have legs.”

4. sıfat Curving in alternate directions; sinuous.

   “The serpentine path through the mountains was narrow and dangerous.”

5. sıfat Pertaining to the serpentine subgroup of minerals.

   “serpentine soils”

6. isim Any of several plants believed to cure snakebites.
7. isim An early form of cannon, used in the 16th century.
8. isim A kind of firework.
9. isim A coiled distillation tube.
10. isim Any of several related cubic curves; anguinea
11. isim In dressage, a winding walk across on the arena.
12. isim Any of several green/brown minerals consisting of magnesium and iron silicates that have similar layered crystal structure, whose appearance somewhat resembles a snake's skin.

    “It is reached by five-and-twenty steps of porphyry and serpentine.”

13. isim An outcrop or region with soil and rock dominated by these minerals.
14. fiil 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.”

15. özel isim A lake in Hyde Park, London.
16. özel isim A river in Alaska.
17. özel isim A river in Australia.
18. özel isim A river in Canada.
19. özel isim A minor river in Tasman district and the city of Nelson, New Zealand.
20. özel isim A town in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia.