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snare

1  [snair] noun, verb, snared, snar⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
2. anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares; trap.
3. Surgery. a wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base.
–verb (used with object)
4. to catch with a snare; entangle.
5. to catch or involve by trickery or wile: to snare her into going.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME (n. and v.); c. ON snara, MLG snare, OHG snar(a)ha

Related forms:
snareless, adjective
snarer, noun
snar⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See trap 1 . 2. net, seine.
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snare

2  [snair]
–noun
one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
Origin:
1680–90; < MLG snare or MD snaer string; r. OE snēr string of a musical instrument
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snare 1   (snâr)   
n.  
  1. A trapping device, often consisting of a noose, used for capturing birds and small mammals.
  2. Something that serves to entangle the unwary.
  3. A surgical instrument with a wire loop controlled by a mechanism in the handle, used to remove growths, such as tumors and polyps.
tr.v.   snared, snar·ing, snares
To trap with or as if with a snare. See Synonyms at catch.

[Middle English, from Old English snearu and from Old Norse snara.]
snar'er n.
snare 2   (snâr)   
n.  
  1. Any of the wires or cords stretched across the lower drumhead of a snare drum so as to vibrate against it.
  2. A snare drum.

[Probably from Dutch snaar, string, from Middle Dutch snāre.]
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Snare

Snare\, n. [AS. sneara cord, a string; akin to D. snoer, G. schnur, OHG. snour a cord, snarahha a noose, Dan. snare, Sw. & Icel. snara, Goth. sn?rj? a basket; and probably also to E. needle. See Needle, and cf. Snarl to entangle.]

1. 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. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.

If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee. --Shak.

3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.

4. (Med.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.

Snare drum, the smaller common military drum, as distinguished from the bass drum; -- so called because (in order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across its lower head a catgut string or strings.

Snare

Snare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snared; p. pr. & vb. n. Snaring.] To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.

Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. --Milton.

The mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : snare
Spanish: trampa,
German: die Schlinge,
Japanese: わな
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snare  (1)
"noose for catching animals," c.1100, from O.N. snara "noose, snare," related to soenri "twisted rope," from P.Gmc. *snarkho (cf. M.Du. snare, Du. snaar, O.H.G. snare, Ger. Schnur "noose, cord"). The verb is attested from 1388.

snare  (2)
"string across a drum," 1688, probably from Du. snaar "string," from same source as snare (1).
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Main Entry: snare
Pronunciation: 'sna(&)r, 'sne(&)r
Function: noun
: a surgical instrument consisting usually of a wire loop constricted by amechanism in the handle and used for removing tissue masses (as tonsils or polyps)
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snare (snâr)
n.
A surgical instrument with a wire loop controlled by a mechanism in the handle, used to remove growths, such as tumors and polyps.

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Snare

The expression (Amos 3:5), "Shall one take up a snare from the earth?" etc. (Authorized Version), ought to be, as in the Revised Version, "Shall a snare spring up from the ground?" etc. (See GIN.)

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