snare
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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.
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Origin:
before 1100; Middle English (noun and v.); cognate with Old Norse snara, Middle Low German snare, Old High German snar(a)ha
before 1100; Middle English (noun and v.); cognate with Old Norse snara, Middle Low German snare, Old High German snar(a)ha
Related forms
snare·less, adjective
snar·er, noun
snar·ing·ly, adverb
un·snared, adjective
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noun
one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
Origin:
1680–90; < Middle Low German snare or Middle Dutch snaer string; replacing Old English snēr string of a musical instrument
1680–90; < Middle Low German snare or Middle Dutch snaer string; replacing Old English snēr string of a musical instrument
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World English Dictionary
snare1 (snɛə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a device for trapping birds or small animals, esp a flexible loop that is drawn tight around the prey |
| 2. | 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 |
| 3. | anything that traps or entangles someone or something unawares |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to catch (birds or small animals) with a snare |
| 5. | to catch or trap in or as if in a snare; capture by trickery |
| [Old English sneare, from Old Norse snara; related to Old High German snaraha] | |
| 'snareless1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'snarer1 | |
| —n | |
| snare2 (snɛə) | |
| —n | |
| music See snare drum 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 | |
| [C17: from Middle Dutch snaer or Middle Low German snare string; related to Gothic snōrjō basket] | |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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Bible Dictionary
Snare definition
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.)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
She had struggled to break free, flattening vegetation, but the snare had cut deep.
The leopard had walked into a snare some poacher had set up for deer.
One elephant had lost the last part of its trunk in a snare.
Eventually he would snare a small bird or two, providing a tiny bit of protein for the family pot.
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