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snare

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsnɛər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/snɛr/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(snâr)

Inflections of 'snare' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
snares
v 3rd person singular
snaring
v pres p
snared
v past
snared
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
snare1 /snɛr/USA pronunciation   n., v., snared, snar•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. a device made up of a rope with a loop, for capturing small animals.
  2. anything serving to trap someone unexpectedly;
    a trap.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to catch with a snare;
    entrap;
    entangle.
  2. to catch or involve by trickery:snared a top-ranking spy with a clever trick.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
snare1  (snâr),USA pronunciation n., v., snared, snar•ing. 
n. 
  1. a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
  2. anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares;
    trap.
  3. Surgerya wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base.

v.t. 
  1. to catch with a snare;
    entangle.
  2. to catch or involve by trickery or wile:to snare her into going.
  • bef. 1100; Middle English (noun, nominal and verb, verbal); cognate with Old Norse snara, Middle Low German snare, Old High German snar(a)ha
snare′less, adj. 
snar′er, n. 
snar′ing•ly, adv. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See trap 1.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged net, seine.
snare2  (snâr),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Music and Danceone of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
  • Middle Low German snare or Middle Dutch snaer string; replacing Old English snēr string of a musical instrument
  • 1680–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
snare /snɛə/ 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 (transitive)
  1. to catch (birds or small animals) with a snare
  2. to catch or trap in or as if in a snare; capture by trickery
Etymology: Old English sneare, from Old Norse snara; related to Old High German snaraha

ˈsnarer n
snare /snɛə/ n
  1. 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
Etymology: 17th Century: from Middle Dutch snaer or Middle Low German snare string; related to Gothic snōrjō basket
'snare' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
capture - cobweb - ensnare - entanglement - entrap - expedite - fowl - gin - grin - hook - impede - lime twig - man-trap - mousetrap - noose - paradiddle - plagiary - scandal - side drum - slander - snare drum - snarl - springe - tangle - toil - trap - wire - wirer - wring
Collocations: the [beat, sound] of the snare drum, caught a [rabbit, fox, deer] in the snare, got [caught, entangled, trapped] in the snare, more...

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