I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deadly
▪
one of the world's deadliest ~s
▪ poisonous , venomous
▪ giant , huge , large
▪ dead , live
▪
He had a live ~ draped over his shoulders.
▪ pet
▪
He keeps a pet ~ that he lavishes with affection.
▪ sea , tree , water
▪ coiled ( often figurative )
▪
The men sit like coiled ~s that are ready to strike.
SNAKE + VERB
▪ bite sb/sth , strike sth
▪
She was bitten by a ~ while walking through long grass.
▪
The ~ lifted up its head before striking its prey.
▪ slide , slither , wind , wind its way
▪
A small green ~ slithered across the wet road.
▪
The ~ wound its way through the undergrowth.
▪ hiss , spit
▪ shed its skin
▪ coil around sth , coil itself around sth , curl up
SNAKE + NOUN
▪ bite (usually snakebite )
▪ charmer , handler
▪ venom
PHRASES
▪ a ~ in the grass ( figurative )
▪
I came to realize that he's just a ~ in the grass.
II.
verb
Snake is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ way