Definitions of snare [ɛər]

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Definition of 'snare'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) snare
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.

2. snare
anything serving to entrap, entangle, or catch unawares; trap.

3. (v.t.) snare
to catch with a snare; entrap; entangle.

4. snare
to catch or involve by trickery or wile.

5. (n.) snare
one of the strings of gut or metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.

Etymology: (1680–90; < MLG snare or MD snaer string)

Definition of 'snare'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) trap, snare
something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
"the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"

2. (noun) snare drum, snare, side drum
a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

3. (noun) snare
a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities

4. (noun) snare
strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit

5. (verb) snare, gin, noose
a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

6. (verb) trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
catch in or as if in a trap
"The men trap foxes"

7. (verb) hook, snare
entice and trap
"The car salesman had snared three potential customers"

Definition of 'snare'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) snare
a contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin

2. (noun) snare
hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble

3. (noun) snare
the gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum

4. (noun) snare
an instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion

5. (verb) snare
to catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger

Translation of 'snare'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a trap for catching an animal.
Afrikaans: strik, wip	Arabic: فَخ، شَرَك	Bulgarian: примка
Brazilian: armadilha	Czech: oko	German: die Schlinge
Danish: snare; fælde	Greek: παγίδα	Spanish: trampa
Estonian: püünis, ling	Farsi: تله	Finnish: ansa
French: piège	Hebrew: מַלכּוֹדֶת	Hindi: जाल, फन्दा
Croatian: zamka, omča	Hungarian: csapda	Indonesian: jerat
Icelandic: snara	Italian: trappola	Japanese: わな
Korean: 덫, 함정	Lithuanian: spąstai	Latvian: lamatas; slazds
Malay: perangkap	Dutch: strik	Norwegian: snare
Polish: sidła	Persian: تله	Pashto: لومه، تلكه، كړكومه
Portuguese: armadilha	Romanian: capcană	Russian: силок, западня
Slovak: pasca, klepec	Slovenian: zanka	Serbian: zamka
Swedish: snara	Thai: กับดัก	Turkish: tuzak
Taiwanese: 陷阱	Ukrainian: паст��а; сильце	Urdu: چڑیوں یا دوسرے جانوروں کو
Vietnamese: cái bẫy, cái lưới	Chinese: 陷阱
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