Snare

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snare \Snare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Snaring}.]
     To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to
     bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.
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           Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. --Milton.
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           The mournful crocodile
           With sorrow snares relenting passengers. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snare \Snare\, n. [AS. sneara cord, a string; akin to D. snoer,
     G. schnur, OHG. snour a cord, snarahha a noose, Dan. snare,
     Sw. & Icel. snara, Goth. sn?rj? a basket; and probably also
     to E. needle. See {Needle}, and cf. {Snarl} to entangle.]
     1. A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the
        like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and
        caught; a trap; a gin.
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     2. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into
        trouble.
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              If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed,
              Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a
        drum.
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     4. (Med.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or
        noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.
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     {Snare drum}, the smaller common military drum, as
        distinguished from the bass drum; -- so called because (in
        order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across
        its lower head a catgut string or strings.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snare
       n 1: something (often something deceptively attractive) that
            catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap
            questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion" [syn: {trap}]
       2: a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the
          lower head [syn: {snare drum}, {side drum}]
       3: 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
       4: strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum;
          they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
       5: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose [syn: {gin},
           {noose}]
       v 1: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: {trap},
             {entrap}, {ensnare}, {trammel}]
       2: entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three
          potential customers" [syn: {hook}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  145 Moby Thesaurus words for "snare":
     abstract, allure, allurement, and, annex, appropriate, bag, bait,
     bait the hook, baited trap, birdlime, bola, bongo drum, boost,
     borrow, capture, catch, catch out, catch up, charm, chicane,
     chicanery, cobweb, come-on, conga, cop, crib, deception, decoy,
     decoy duck, defraud, dragnet, drawcard, drawing card, drum,
     drumhead, drumskin, drumstick, embezzle, embrangle, endearment,
     enmesh, ensnare, ensnarement, ensnarl, entangle, enticement,
     entoil, entrap, entrapment, enweb, extort, filch, fishhook, fly,
     foul, gill net, gin, ground bait, harpoon, hook, hook in, inveigle,
     inveiglement, involve, jazz stick, jig, kettle, kettledrum, land,
     lariat, lasso, lift, lime, lure, make off with, membranophone,
     mesh, meshes, nail, net, nip, noose, palm, pilfer, pinch, plug,
     poach, pound net, purloin, purse seine, rope, run away with,
     rustle, sack, scrounge, seduce, seducement, seine, seize, shoplift,
     side drum, snag, snare drum, snarl, snatch, sniggle, snitch, spear,
     spinner, spread the toils, springe, squid, steal, swindle, swipe,
     tabor, taboret, tabret, take, tam-tam, tambourine, tangle,
     tangle up with, tempt, temptation, tenor drum, thieve, timbrel,
     timpani, toils, tom-tom, trammel, trap, trawl, trip, troll-drum,
     tymp stick, tympan, tympanon, tympanum, walk off with, war drum,
     wind, wobbler
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Snare
     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}.)