Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ship-building, to bevel the end of (a timber or plank) so that it will fit accurately upon an inclined surface.
- noun The act or process of snaping.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Shipbuilding) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
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- verb shipbuilding To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
- verb Alternative form of
sneap .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And snape is of course not evil! he was just doing wat had to be done and its not like dumblydor is gone 4eva he can still chat to harry from his picture in da headmasters office.
A Potter Prediction 2005
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He will either have to die in the 7th book or will become the perfect balance of good an evil and probably reinvent himself as such.p. s snape is on dumbledors side, he had to kill him thats why dumbledor said ‘its snape i need’ when they were returning to the castle, dumbledor saw when he drunk the potion in the cave that he has had made a terrible mistake several years before (in his office when tom riddle asked for a job) and only realised it then, thats why he said he wanted to die, he realised he had to to save innocents …. i will let you work out what that mistake is
A Potter Prediction 2005
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Log in to Reply tiki god (UID#1) on August 25th, 2009 at 1: 31 pm aw snape
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I MEAN COME ONE. next thing you know the deathly hallows isnt gonna come out until 2020! and i agree. they do spoil it with snape doing the killing curse and i CAN NOT BELIEVE THEY LEFT OUT DUMBLEDORES DEATH!
New Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Movie Trailer | /Film 2008
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All i got out of this movie was that snape was the half blood prince and that dumbledore is dead woohoo thats so scary. the only thing that made me jump out of my seat was when the hand came out of the water but besides that....
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But the things about the end scene that were so compelling when i read them was not the mindless violence but how utterly pissed and driven harry is that snape betrayed everyone.
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In the movie dumbledore told harry to leave and harry ended up under everyone watching what was going on. why did snape appear and point his wand at harry and then leave to kill dumbledore.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - What Did You Think? | /Film 2009
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The main problem was the development of the characters especially Draco and snape
Harry Potter Through Fresh Eyes: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Movie Review) | /Film 2009
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Dumbledore yelling at the dursleys, the mister of magic and the muggle minister talking, the ministry harrasing harry, how into detail they go with Tom Riddle and the lady who has all the antique stuff, the storys about his crazy familly, snape giving harry detention which makes him miss the final game...
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - What Did You Think? | /Film 2009
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In fact, the greater narraritive of the film is founded entirely upon Harry and his chums, so no wonder that snape a great LITERARY character, but not movie co-star material is reduced.
Movie Review: Harry Potter And The Half-Price Bargain « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS 2009
AnWulf commented on the word snape
From Middle English snape (“to nip, injure, afflict; cold, nipping; to rebuke, revile, criticize”), also snaipen, from Old Norse snepya (“to outrage, dishonor, disgrace”)
Verb - snape (simple past and past participle snaped)
1. (Shipbuilding) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
2. to nip, injure, afflict
Þe snawe snitered ful snart, þat snayped þe wylde. — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
3. to be hard upon, rebuke, snub, criticize
Vte of desert þar he was in, He com to snaip þe king sinn. — Cursor Mundi
November 17, 2011