Often observed flicking its tongue, snakes use their forked tongue to smell the air. Snakes are ectotherms, meaning they must regulate their body temperature externally by sunning themselves or retreating to cool, shaded areas. Snakes hibernate during the winter. Snakes must shed their skin three to six times per year.
vanity noun [U]. âº the âpersonal âcharacteristic of being too âproud of and âinterested in yourself, esp. in âyour âappearance or âachievements. (Definition of vanity from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.
VAIN. van: The adjective of vanity, and representing the same Hebrew and Greek words as does the latter, with a few additions (chiefly kenos, empty, and its compounds in the New Testament).And vain can always be replaced by its synonym empty, often with advantage in modern English (Job 15:2; 1 Corinthians 15:14, etc.).he exception is the phrase in vain, and even there the interchange can be made if some (understood) noun such as ways be added. So to take God's name in vain (Exodus 20:7; Deuteronomy 5:11) means simply to take it for an empty (not good) purpose.