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trap English

Meaning trap meaning

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trap Noun

— A trap is a machine or other device made to catch and sometimes kill animals. He uses traps to deal with his mice problem. — A trap is a trick made to catch someone more generally. She fell into the trap of misspelling "misspelling." — A trap is the cover over a hole or opening; a trapdoor. Close the trap before someone falls — A trap is any device used to hold and suddenly let go of an object. They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap. — A trap is a device in a pipe set up to hold and seal liquids and stops gases and lets liquids flow. — A trap is a place in a water pipe or pump where air gathers. — A trap is a light two-wheeled carriage with springs. Have James prepare the trap – I wish to visit the parson. — A trap is a kind of ladder. — A trap is a person's mouth. Keep your trap shut. — A trap is a transvestite, or a man who dresses as a woman, who goes with a man pretend to be a woman. I saw your brother asking a trap out last night at the bar. — A trap is exception made by the processor. — A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush. — Trap is dark colored rock. — Trap is a type of music.

trap Verb

— To trap something is to catch in a trap. — To trap something is to ensnare it. — To trap is to provide something with a trap. — To trap id to set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game. — To trap is to leave suddenly or flee. — To trap is to capture something such as a mistake so someone can fix it.

trap

— noun a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned — noun drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas — verb place in a confining or embarrassing position He was trapped in a difficult situation — verb catch in or as if in a trap The men trap foxes — verb hold or catch as if in a trap The gaps between the teeth trap food particles — noun a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters — noun (= snare) something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares the exam was full of trap questions it was all a snare and delusion — noun (= lying in wait) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise — noun informal terms for the mouth — noun a light two-wheeled carriage — verb (= pin) to hold fast or prevent from moving The child was pinned under the fallen tree — noun (= bunker) a hazard on a golf course

Synonyms trap synonyms

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trap English » English

snare catch ensnare pitfall entrap capture net trick pit noose gin seize mousetrap lure hook grab corner ambush trapping trammel maw lasso gob springe sand trap mesh lying in wait grapple fish trap enmesh decoy captivate booby trap apprehend ambuscade yap trickery separator sand sediment trap ruse round up quagmire pot pin down pin oil trap mug inducement immobilize immobilise

Topics trap topics

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

Trap
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Things done to animals
Physical actions Move Pursue

Catch, capture
Social behavior Government Government functions Police

Arrest
Social behavior Law Trial

Investigate a crime
Work and occupation

Hunt and fish

  • What general words refer to hunting wild animals?
    hunt trap fish
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Fishing
Work and occupation Hunt and fish Fishing

Fishing equipment
Physical actions Move Pursue

Prevent from moving
Social behavior Behavior Honest

Deceive

Conjugation trap conjugation

How do you conjugate trap?

trap · verb

Examples trap examples

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Simple sentences

Have you ever set a trap for a bear?
Cheese often lures a mouse into a trap.
The old man freed the little fox from the trap.
We set a trap to catch a fox.
It looks like we fell into a trap.
The mouse was lured into the trap by a big piece of cheese.
He met his end in a rusty bear trap.
It's a trap!
Tom walked right into Mary's trap.
Everybody was obeying the speed limit, so I knew there was likely a speed trap ahead.
Tom set a trap.
It might be a trap.
Maybe it's a trap.
Tom has fallen for Mary's trap.
The police set up a radar trap.
They caught the fox with a trap.
Using a trap, they caught the fox.
Tom was lured into a trap.
I was the only one who didn't fall into the trap.

Movie subtitles

The specially administrated zone of Nippon is a cowardly trap to lure us in!
The Ming system had created a kind of high-equiIibrium trap.
The least little thing caused the trap to snap shut because there were no external resources to draw on.
It doesn't have enough greenhouse gases to trap in heat and it's become a cold, barren, desert world.
Zhban sets the trap.
The discovery of this trap-door cost Joseph Buquet his life.
If you wanna keep him up in the room, you'll have to keep him in a trap.
Keep your trap shut!
Could we set a trap for him?
Keep your trap shut.
Trap shut?
And we'll have a man trap.
You shut your trap!
And if I open my trap, they can hear me clean back in Montana.
But even if it's a trap, we go.
You don't think it could be a trap?
The trap is ready.
Don't fall into her trap.
Here, down the trap she goes.
There's no double bottom, no secret opening or trap door.
Thing to do is keep your trap shut.
It's a trap, of course.
Dubois may be doing that merely to trap you.
When the proof was filmed, was there any trap or conciliation from the current King?
It's a trap for me!
MAYBE WE CAN THINK OF A WAY TO TRAP HIM.
A TRAP.
I SET A TRAP AND BAITED IT WITH A PIECE OF CHEESE.
THAT'S A FAKE PLANTED THERE TO TRAP ARSENE LUPIN.
Are you sure you can trap Firefly?
What's it worth to have me keep my trap shut?
You'll keep your trap shut or.
You keep your trap shut, all right?
Do you realize that she's deliberately trying to trap you?

News and current affairs

It's a vicious circle, technically known as a poverty trap.
America's situation was not unique: Japan had been in been in thrall to a liquidity trap since the mid-1990s.
Whether America now really is in a liquidity trap is uncertain.
Nevertheless, even if America is only on the edge of a liquidity trap, and even if it moves away from the current state of affairs soon, this is a frightening situation.
An America caught in a liquidity trap is, quite simply, a country with no effective tools of macroeconomic management.
However, this works only if countries like Greece grow their way out of a debt trap or abrogate their deeply entrenched social contracts.
Yet, in the aftermath of a balance-sheet recession in the US, and in the midst of a debt trap in Europe, that approach is doomed to failure.
But the challenge is to provide an alternative set of policy guidelines for promoting development, without falling into the trap of promulgating yet another impractical blueprint, supposedly right for all countries at all times.
Even Saddam is smart enough to avoid this trap, so he and Iran's ayatollahs will posture and grandstand and thus move oil prices up a bit.
With interest rates reaching almost zero, this liquidity trap has paralyzed Japan's monetary policy.
Asia has far too many important items on its strategic agenda to remain caught in a policy trap.
No bear, if it knew what we do, would fall into that trap.
So what can be done to overcome an impunity trap?
This change in relative costs can release a country from the trap of poverty, setting the stage for a demographic transition and economic advancement.
Whether America now really is in a liquidity trap is uncertain. How long this state of affairs will last is unknown.
History has shown that government action is required to help the poorest farmers escape the low-yield poverty trap.
Moreover, Labour and the Conservatives are in a political trap.
NEW HAVEN - With much of the global economy apparently trapped in a long and painful austerity-induced slump, it is time to admit that the trap is entirely of our own making.
Extreme fiscal imbalance can also lead to a growth trap in which fiscal consolidation has such a large negative effect on growth as to be self-defeating.
Similarly, Israel's government has backed itself into a domestic policy trap of its own.
Then we fell into the usual British trap.

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