'Snare' definitions:

Definition of 'snare'

From: WordNet
noun
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, snare]
noun
A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head [syn: snare drum, snare, side drum]
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
Strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
noun
A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose [syn: snare, gin, noose]
verb
Catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel]
verb
Entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" [syn: hook, snare]

Definition of 'Snare'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Snare'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble. [1913 Webster]
  • If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Med.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Snare'

From: 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.)

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