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Mine was an apparent forward movement whereas Burley's was a continuous serpentine movement.
Archie Moore

Meaning of "serpentine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SERPENTINE

From Late Latin serpentīnus, from serpēnsserpent.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SERPENTINE

serpentine  [ˈsɜːpənˌtaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SERPENTINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Serpentine can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SERPENTINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Serpentine

Serpentine may refer to: ▪ Serpentine shape, an object with sinuous geometry ▪ A type of riding figure...

Definition of serpentine in the English dictionary

The first definition of serpentine in the dictionary is of, relating to, or resembling a serpent. Other definition of serpentine is twisting; winding. Serpentine is also a curve that is symmetric about the origin of and asymptotic to the x-axis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SERPENTINE


aconitine
əˈkɒnɪˌtaɪn
argentine
ˈɑːdʒənˌtaɪn
Aventine
ˈævɪnˌtaɪn
Ballantyne
ˈbælənˌtaɪn
Byzantine
bɪˈzænˌtaɪn
carnitine
ˈkɑːnɪˌtaɪn
Constantine
ˈkɒnstənˌtaɪn
Courantyne
ˈkɜːrənˌtaɪn
eglantine
ˈɛɡlənˌtaɪn
Florentine
ˈflɒrənˌtaɪn
Heseltine
ˈhɛzəlˌtaɪn
infantine
ˈɪnfənˌtaɪn
legatine
ˈlɛɡəˌtaɪn
levantine
ˈlɛvənˌtaɪn
palatine
ˈpæləˌtaɪn
porpentine
ˈpɔːpənˌtaɪn
serotine
ˈsɛrəˌtaɪn
turpentine
ˈtɜːpənˌtaɪn
valentine
ˈvælənˌtaɪn
vespertine
ˈvɛspəˌtaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SERPENTINE

serpent
serpentiform
serpentinely
serpentinic
serpentiningly
serpentinise
serpentinite
serpentinize
serpentinous
Serpentis
serpentise
serpentize
serpentlike
serpentry
serpiginous
serpiginously
serpigo
SERPS
serpula
serpulid

WORDS THAT END LIKE SERPENTINE

adamantine
amarantine
barkentine
barquentine
bisontine
brigantine
brilliantine
clementine
dentine
diamantine
elephantine
galantine
intine
nicotine
oil of turpentine
pantine
quarantine
spirits of turpentine
the Argentine
tontine
Tridentine

Synonyms and antonyms of serpentine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SERPENTINE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «serpentine» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of serpentine

Translation of «serpentine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SERPENTINE

Find out the translation of serpentine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of serpentine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «serpentine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蛇纹石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

serpentina
570 millions of speakers

English

serpentine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टेढ़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اعوج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

серпантин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

serpentina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সর্পিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

serpentin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Serpentine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Serpentin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サーペンタイン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Serpentine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường quanh co
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெளிந்திருப்பதன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सापासारखा नागमोडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kıvrımlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

serpentino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

serpentyn
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

серпантин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

serpentine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελικοειδή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

serpentijn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

serpentin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

serpentin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of serpentine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SERPENTINE»

The term «serpentine» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.976 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SERPENTINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «serpentine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «serpentine» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about serpentine

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QUOTES WITH «SERPENTINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word serpentine.
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Archie Moore
Mine was an apparent forward movement whereas Burley's was a continuous serpentine movement.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SERPENTINE»

Discover the use of serpentine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to serpentine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Serpentine: The Evolution and Ecology of a Model System
This volume focuses on what scientists have learned about major questions in earth history, evolution, ecology, conservation, and restoration from the study of serpentine areas, especially in California.
Susan Harrison, Nishanta Rajakaruna, 2011
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Serpentine
Photographer Mark Laita unveils a pantheon of spectacular snakes in this electrifying collection.
Mark Laita, 2013
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Serpentine
. . Serpentine is an explosive, bitterly funny journey into the darkest heart of the Irish Troubles and the violence that lurks in Scotland's most scenic Highland communities.
Tom Morton, 2011
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Serpentine Geoecology of Western North America : Geology, ...
This book applies the principles of geoecology to Western North America, and to a specific kind of rock, the fascinating serpentine belts that run along the continental margins of the West Coast from Alaska to Baja.
Earl B. Alexander Soils and Geoecology, Robert G. Coleman Professor of Geology Stanford University (Emeritus), Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch California Department of Fish and Game Todd Keeler-Wolfe Senior Vegetation Ecologist, 2006
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Serpentine
Serpentine is a historical horror novel with plenty of erotic suspense.
Thomas F. Monteleone, 2007
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Serpentine and its vegetation: a multidisciplinary approach
An exhaustive worldwide survey of serpentine soils and the characteristic vegetation that they support. It includes a continent-by-continent listing of known serpentine locations.
R. R. Brooks, 1987
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Herbaceous Plant Ecology: Recent Advances in Plant Ecology
Plant. species. richness. and. diversity. of. the. serpentine. areas. on. the. Witwatersrand. R. A. Reddy Æ K. Balkwill Æ T. McLellan Originally published in the journal Plant Ecology, Volume 201, No. 2, 365–381.
A. G. Van der Valk, Arnoud van der Valk, 2009
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California Serpentines: Flora, Vegetation, Geology, Soils, ...
This is the first comprehensive treatment of an important segment of the flora of California: native plants that have varying degrees of fidelity to serpentine rock and soil that make up over 1100 square miles in the Coast Ranges and the ...
Arthur R. Kruckeberg, 1985
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Active Margins and Marginal Basins of the Western Pacific
Patricia Fryer1, Michael Mottl1, Lynn Johnson2, Janet Haggerty3, Steven Phipps4, and Hirokazu Maekawa5 Deposits from serpentine seamounts on the forearc regions of the Mariana and Izu-Bonin convergent plate margins are very similar to ...
Brian Taylor, James Natland, 1995
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Introduction to California Plant Life
Serpentine soils have a very high proportion of endemic plant species restricted to them. For example, Sargent cypress (Cupressus sargentii, Cupressaceae) is found only on serpentine deposits in the Coast Ranges from Mendocino County ...
Robert Ornduff, Phyllis M. Faber, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SERPENTINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term serpentine is used in the context of the following news items.
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Man injured in plane crash at Serpentine Airfield, WA
SERPENTINE EMERGENCY - A man in his 60's injured after a small plane crash in Serpentine. The latest in Seven News. pic.twitter.com/HgTDBs2Cwc. «WA today, Jul 15»
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Kate Hudson wows in black split skirt at London's Serpentine Gallery …
And Thursday night was no different as the beautiful 36-year-old blonde beauty attended the Serpentine Gallery summer bash in Kensington Gardens. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Lara Stone in sheer minidress at Serpentine Gallery summer party
But Lara Stone proved she certainly knows how to stand out from the crowd as she arrived at the Serpentine Gallery summer party at Kensington Gardens venue ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Suki Waterhouse and sister Immy wear matching coloured dresses …
Suki Waterhouse and younger sister Immy opted for the same colour outfits for this year's Serpentine Gallery Summer party. The British model, who arrived with ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
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COS launches The Serpentine Bag to coincide with 2015 pavilion …
The Serpentine Bag was created by the COS design team to celebrate its partnership with the gallery on the Park Nights programme – a series of live art, ... «Dezeen, Jun 15»
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Serpentine pavilion 2015: a rainbow wormhole ready to suck you …
“The most important colour here is white,” says Jose Selgas, the Spanish architect of this year's Serpentine pavilion, standing inside the psychedelic cocoon he ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Magic mushroom maze: this summer's Serpentine pavilion will be a …
Serpentine directors Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist said they wanted ... The 2015 Serpentine Pavilion by Selgas Cano will be on show 25 June – 18 ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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From the archive, 26 December 1911: The Serpentine's hardened …
Members of the Serpentine Swimming Club line up for the start of the first race of Members of the Serpentine Swimming Club line up to race, April 1936. «The Guardian, Dec 14»
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Serpentine pavilion 2015 to be built by Spanish subversives Selgas …
It is a choice that continues the Serpentine's welcome move away from the usual big names, following Chilean architect Smiljan Radic last year, who landed his ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
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A tulle order: Danielle Lineker looks flawless in ethereal gown as …
As a selection of famous faces descended upon London's Kensington Gardens to attend the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party on Tuesday night, actress ... «Daily Mail, Jul 14»

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