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
And he is not a poacher and a snarer, and I don't know what all, leading a lawless life, and thieving for his living?
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodBut the bluff was extensive, the night dark, and the movements of the snarer as silent as those of the man hunting him.
The One-Way Trail | Ridgwell CullumHe realized that the snarer must have heard his approach, and, believing it to be a jack-rabbit, had waited to make sure.
The One-Way Trail | Ridgwell CullumTwice he started up a jack-rabbit, but the snarer did not seem to be in the vicinity.
The One-Way Trail | Ridgwell CullumIt was this that gave the name to that mountain, which should properly be called Alehe-ka-la (sun snarer), and not Haleakala.
Hawaiian Folk Tales | Various
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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