snare
Definitions
- A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
- Any of a class of proteins whose primary role is to mediate vesicle fusion.
- A surname.
- A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather)
- A mental or psychological trap.
- one of the strings of gut or metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
- A mental or psychological trap
- Something that leads one into a place or situation from which escape is difficult:bait, lure, trap.
- A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
- A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal
- To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping:catch, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entrap, tangle, trammel, trap, web.
- A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
- A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc
- a trap for catching an animal. strik, wip فَخ، شَرَك примка armadilha oko die Schlinge snare; fælde παγίδαtrampa püünis, ling تله ansa piègeמלכודת जाल, फन्दा zamka, omča csapda jerat snara trappola わな 덫, 함정 spąstai lamatas; slazds perangkap striksnaresidła لومه، تلكه، كړكومه armadilha capcană силок, западня pasca, klepec zanka zamka snara กับดัก tuzak 陷阱 паст��а; сильце چڑیوں یا دوسرے جانوروں کو پکڑنے کا جال cái bẫy, cái lưới 陷阱
- A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
- A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound
- to catch with a snare. He snared a couple of rabbits. in 'n strik vang يَصيدُ بالفَخ улавям в капан apanhar chytit do oka/pasti mit einer Schlinge fangen fange i en fælde πιάνω στην παγίδα atrapar linguga püüdma به تله انداختن pyydystää ansalla prendre au piège לִלכּוֹד फांसना, पकड़ना loviti (životinje) u zamku, namamiti u stupicu csapdával fog menjerat snara, veiða í snöru intrappolare わなで捕える 덫으로 잡다 pagauti į spąstus noķert lamatās/slazdā memerangkap strikkenfange i snare łapać w sidła په لو...
- A snare drum.
- A trapping device, often consisting of a noose, used for capturing birds and small mammals.
- Something that lures or entangles the unwary: the snares of merchandisers; the snare of debt.
- A surgical instrument with a wire loop controlled by a mechanism in the handle, used to remove growths, such as tumors and polyps.
- To trap with or as if with a snare. See Synonyms at catch.
- To get hold or control of (something difficult to catch): The fielder snared the ground ball.
Equivalents
Examples
“He […] watched Beavis’s long-toothed mouth open⟳ and clap to like⟳ a rabbit snare.”
“He felt a snare tightening around his throat; he gasped and threw a leg out of the bed, where it jerked for a second or two, thumping the steel frame, and died.”
“If thou retire⟳, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee:”
“[…] if thou serve⟳ their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.”
“[…] and I had now liv’d two Years under these Uneasinesses, which indeed made my Life much less comfortable than it was before; as may well be imagin’d by any who know⟳ what it is to live⟳ in the constant Snare of the Fear of Man […]”
““[…] riches are a great snare.””
“They were devious war aims, and Allenby’s campaign was fought with a maximum of snare and subterfuge.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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