Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun snail

2 senses of snail

Sense 1
snail -- (freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell)
       => gastropod, univalve -- (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)

Sense 2
escargot, snail -- (edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic)
       => meat -- (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb snail

1 sense of snail

Sense 1
snail -- (gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer")
       => gather, garner, collect, pull together -- (assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together")