Danish

Verb

sno ‎(imperative sno, infinitive at sno, present tense snor, past tense snoede, perfect tense har snoet)

1. to twine, coil (around something)
   • 2007, Majbritte Ulrikkeholm, Hannas have og andre fortællinger, Lindhardt og Ringhof (ISBN 9788759527788), page 129

     Og så lod han sin finger glide hen over en slange, som snoede sig umærkeligt rundt om Marias fødder.

     And then he let his finger glide over a snake, that inconspicously coiled itself around Maria's feet.

   • 2012, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Metro 2034: Forsvaret af Sevastopolskaja, Rosinante & Co (ISBN 9788763828000)

     En slyngplante af kyklopagtig størrelse snoede sig rundt og rundt om tårnet.

     A creeper of cyclopic size twisted around and around the tower.

   • 2016, Rick Riordan, Magnus Chase og de nordiske guder - Kampen om sommersværdet, Lindhardt og Ringhof (ISBN 9788711512968)

     Han susede ned under ulvens bug og snoede tråden rundt om dens ben, hurtigere end Fenrisulven kunne nå at reagere, så den væltede.

     He wooshed down below the wolf's stomach and coiled the thread around its legs, faster than the wolf of Fenrir could react, so it fell.

2. to curl, to twist

   at sno sig uden om noget

   (figuratively) to wriggle out of something

   • 2013, Cecilie Reckendorff, Den hvide ræv, BoD – Books on Demand (ISBN 9788771148374), page 56

     Røgen snoede sig ud mellem hans læber.

     The smoke curled its way out between his lips.

   • 2008, Dødsdømt: Flemming Helweg-Larsens beretning, Gyldendal A/S (ISBN 9788702063806), page 55

     Hist og her en lille blokhytte, hvor røgen snoede sig op af den primitivt klinede skorsten, men ingen mennesker at se nogetsteds.

Derived terms

• sno sig

Lojban

Rafsi

sno

1. rafsi of masno.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snuː/

Verb

sno

1. to twist; to turn the ends of something, usually thread, thin rope etc., in opposite directions
2. to twist; to join together by twining one part around another
3. (slang) to nick, to steal
4. (colloquial, reflexive: “sno sig”) to hurry up

Conjugation

Derived terms

• sno om
• sno på
• sno runt