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snake

2 verb
     
snake2 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
if a river, road, train, or line snakes somewhere, it moves in long, twisting curves
snake along/past/down etc
The road snaked along the valley far below.
The train was snaking its way through the mountains.
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