ALL meanings of snare
snare
S s - noun snare animal trap 1
- transitive verb snare catch animal 1
- noun snare snare drum 1
- noun snare trap 1
- transitive verb snare get, obtain 1
- transitive verb snare sb into doing sth 1
- transitive verb snare sports: catch 1
- noun snare one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum. 1
- verb with object snare to catch with a snare; entangle. 1
- verb with object snare to catch or involve by trickery or wile: to snare her into going. 1
- countable noun snare A snare is a trap for catching birds or small animals. It consists of a loop of wire or rope which pulls tight around the animal. 0
- countable noun snare If you describe a situation as a snare, you mean that it is a trap from which it is difficult to escape. 0
- verb snare If someone snares an animal, they catch it using a snare. 0
- verb snare If someone is snared, they are caught in a trap. 0
- verb snare If someone snares something, they get it in a clever way, perhaps by deceiving people. 0
- noun snare a device for trapping birds or small animals, esp a flexible loop that is drawn tight around the prey 0
- noun snare 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 0
- noun snare anything that traps or entangles someone or something unawares 0
- verb snare to catch (birds or small animals) with a snare 0
- verb snare to catch or trap in or as if in a snare; capture by trickery 0
- noun snare 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 0
- noun snare a kind of trap for small animals, usually consisting of a noose which jerks tight upon the release of a spring trigger 0
- noun snare anything dangerous, risky, etc. that tempts or attracts; thing by which a person is entangled; trap 0
- noun snare any of a set of spiraled wires or of gut strung across the bottom of a snare drum for added vibration 0
- noun snare a snare drum 0
- noun snare a wire noose for removing tumors, polyps, etc. 0
- verb transitive snare to catch in a trap or snare 0
- verb transitive snare to tempt or attract into a situation, esp. one that is dangerous, risky, etc. 0