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
I have taken to the roads because there is a wild beast I would overtake, and these people are good snarers of beasts.
Where There is Nothing | William Butler YeatsAll very businesslike; not the least cause in the world for any one to suspect that a new trap was being set by the snarers.
The Million Dollar Mystery | Harold MacGrathThe snarers of birds have formed themselves into armed bands.
The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians | E. A. Wallis Budge
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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