Meaning

(obsolete) Any snake..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) Any snake.
2. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
3. A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).
4. Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
5. An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies.
6. Something which adds or increases.

Example Sentences

CALIBAN: His spirits hear me, / And yet I needs must curse. But they'll nor pinch / Fright me with urchin-shows, pitch me i'th' mire, / Nor lead me like a firebrand in the dark / Out of my way, unless he bid 'em; but / For every trifle are they set upon me, / Sometimes like apes that mow and chatter at me, / And after bite me; then like hedgehogs, which / Lie tumbling in my barefoot way, and mount / Their pricks at my footfall; sometimes am I / All wound with adders, who with their cloven tongues / Do hiss me into madness—

They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.

Word Forms

• adders
• edder

Synonyms for adder

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When Should You Use Adder?

Use adder when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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