snare
1a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares; trap.
Surgery. a wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base.
to catch with a snare; entangle.
to catch or involve by trickery or wile: to snare her into going.
Origin of snare
1synonym study For snare
Other words for snare
Other words from snare
- snareless, adjective
- snarer, noun
- snar·ing·ly, adverb
- un·snared, adjective
Other definitions for snare (2 of 2)
one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
Origin of snare
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How to use snare in a sentence
A “virtual” 10-year-old girl from the Philippines snares 1,000 alleged pedophiles around the world—but Interpol is not pleased.
Dutch NGO Stages Sting Of Pedophiles With Virtual Girl | Christopher Dickey | November 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBehind the fantasy dashboard sat Wood, conducting a violent campaign on snares and cymbals, and admiring the ultimate truant.
What's interesting about the study's finding is that it dodges the trap that snares much of the research on stimulant medication.
For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousWhen he became aware of his snares in time, he occasionally outwitted the crafty fiend.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
He made several attempts to draw me into his snares, and I should have been in danger but that God lent me special aid.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol X | VariousThey very cunningly avoid the numerous snares laid for them by the Indians.
How he managed to steer clear of the many snares and pitfalls laid for him in the course of his career puzzled a good many men.
The New Tenant | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for snare (1 of 2)
/ (snɛə) /
a device for trapping birds or small animals, esp a flexible loop that is drawn tight around the prey
a surgical instrument for removing certain tumours, consisting of a wire loop that may be drawn tight around their base to sever or uproot them
anything that traps or entangles someone or something unawares
to catch (birds or small animals) with a snare
to catch or trap in or as if in a snare; capture by trickery
Origin of snare
1Derived forms of snare
- snareless, adjective
- snarer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for snare (2 of 2)
/ (snɛə) /
music a set of gut strings wound with wire fitted against the lower drumhead of a snare drum. They produce a rattling sound when the drum is beaten: See snare drum
Origin of snare
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