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Meaning of snare | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
snɛ(ə)ɹ

Definitions

  1. A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
  2. Any of a class of proteins whose primary role is to mediate vesicle fusion.
  3. A surname.
  4. A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather)
  5. A mental or psychological trap.
  6. one of the strings of gut or metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
  7. A mental or psychological trap
  8. Something that leads one into a place or situation from which escape is difficult:bait, lure, trap.
  9. A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
  10. A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal
  11. To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping:catch, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entrap, tangle, trammel, trap, web.
  12. A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
  13. A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc
  14. 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
  15. A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
  16. A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound
  17. 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...
  18. A snare drum.
  19. A trapping device, often consisting of a noose, used for capturing birds and small mammals.
  20. Something that lures or entangles the unwary: the snares of merchandisers; the snare of debt.
  21. A surgical instrument with a wire loop controlled by a mechanism in the handle, used to remove growths, such as tumors and polyps.
  22. To trap with or as if with a snare. See Synonyms at catch.
  23. To get hold or control of (something difficult to catch): The fielder snared the ground ball.

Equivalents

العربية الفخّ حبالة فخ مصيدة نشبة
Bosanski ribe trampa
Čeština lapit líčidlo mam tenata
Deutsch Dohne Falle Schlinge Schneise
Ελληνικά θηλιά παγίδα
Español asechanza bordón caja trampa
Euskara kaxa
Français caisse claire
Gàidhlig ribe
हिन्दी कूट जाल दाम पाश फंदा
Hrvatski ribe trampa
Magyar csapda fogó kacs
Bahasa Indonesia kala
日本語 スネア 誘惑 輪縄
한국어 올가미
Kurdî mam mam ribe trampa
Latina fovea
Te Reo Māori rore
Nederlands strikken
Српски ribe trampa
Türkçe tuzak
Українська ловушка сильце

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
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