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Meaning snare meaning

What does snare mean?
Definitions in simple English

snare Noun

— A snare is a trap that is used to catch small animals. The snare caught a squirrel.

snare Verb

— If something gets snared, it gets trapped in a snare. The birds were snared.

snare

— noun (= trap) something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares the exam was full of trap questions it was all a snare and delusion — verb (= trap) catch in or as if in a trap The men trap foxes — noun (= noose) a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose — noun strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit — noun a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities — noun a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head — verb entice and trap The car salesman had snared three potential customers

Synonyms snare synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as snare?

snare English » English

trap noose pitfall ensnare gin entrap net hook catch trammel springe loop booby-trap sling mesh bird snare snare drum side drum lure lasso decoy capture trick toils tangle quagmire pit hunt fish enmesh corner contain booby trap yarn wile web triek trickster trawl track down toil thread take spring-trap snap up snag slipknot seize request quicksand

Topics snare topics

What do people use snare to talk about?
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Trap
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Things done to animals
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Hunting birds
Physical actions Move Pursue

Catch, capture
Social behavior Social activity Music

Musical instrument

Conjugation snare conjugation

How do you conjugate snare?

snare · verb

Examples snare examples

How do I use snare in a sentence?

Simple sentences

A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
A fox isn't caught twice in the same snare.
A bass drum, a snare drum, and cymbals were once all a composer needed to make a work sound exotic.
A fox was caught in the snare.

Movie subtitles

He falls into your snare like a confused rabbit.
Surely, he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from the noisome pestilence.
Where did you snare the man?
You're nothing but a delusion and a snare.
How did you snare him?
Oh, so it's a snare?
No, this is not a snare.
You once said normal channels were a trap, in which to snare officers who lacked initiative.
There I was holding the snare by its spring.
With the snare.
My snare?
Perhaps it was a snare set by the devil.
There's enough rocks to snare a prow or rip open a keel.
The snare: the dangerous illusion of being impenetrable, of offering no purchase to the outside world, of silently sliding, inaccessible, just two open eyes looking forward, perceiving everything, retaining nothing.
So lazy acres was a snare and a delusion, huh?
Steve puts the bait on the hook, you snare the fish.
Love is a match of wits In which the underdog If a cunning snare she knits Trips up the fatter hog.
Snare the seducer!
Okay. I'll try to make a snare for that rabbit.
Now, the law of averages says that we've got to snare this one sooner or later.
Only we're not gonna wait for them to step into a snare.
But to mother it, she would have to free the cub from the snare and then she found herself facing an even greater danger.
I tell you, Hedley. Can you think of a better spot to snare a poacher and his catch than a poacher's pit?
It's a poacher's snare. It rusted here and he broke free.
What kind of a poacher in his right mind would try to snare a bull elephant?
Jim, you ol' coyote, how did you ever snare such a pretty young bride?
If I find your moral life is nothing more than a snare and a delusion I'll cut you off like a ripe banana.
A rabbit in a snare.
Here's a snare.
You're very well organized. Steve puts the bait on the hook, you snare the fish.
It was a snare.
Perhaps it was a snare set by the devil. Then I fell in it.
But he is too busy trying to snare his rabbit and milk his goat.

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