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snake up

C1 neutral inseparable intransitive
In simple words

To go up in a long, winding, curved way.

Literal meaning: To move upward in the manner of a snake — in a long, winding path.

Meanings

1 B2 neutral

To extend or move upward in a long, winding, sinuous path.

"The mountain road snaked up through the dense forest before opening out at the summit."

Grammar: inseparable
2 C1 neutral

To move upward in a smooth, sinuous manner (of a person or animal).

"The cobra slowly snaked up from the basket as the music played."

Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes

Primarily used in descriptive or literary contexts for roads, paths, queues, and rivers. Not common in everyday conversation. Also used for the physical movement of hands or limbs reaching upward sinuously.

Commonly used with

road path river staircase queue smoke trail

Forms

Base
snake up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
snakes up
he/she/it
Past simple
snaked up
yesterday
Past participle
snaked up
have + pp
-ing form
snaking up
continuous

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