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   snare

   /snɛː/

   noun

   • 1. a trap for catching birds or mammals, typically one having a noose of wire or cord. Similar trapginnetnooserare:springe
   • ▪ a thing likely to lure or tempt someone into harm or error: "seducers laid their snares for innocent provincials" Similar pitfalltricktraptanglewebmeshcatchdangerhazardperilliterary:toils
   • 2. a length of wire, gut, or hide stretched across a drumhead to produce a rattling sound.
   • ▪ a drum fitted with snares; a side drum.
   • 3. a wire loop for severing polyps or other growths.

   verb

   • 1. catch (a bird or mammal) in a snare: "the foxes were humanely snared" Similar trapcatchnetbagensnareentraprare:springe
   • ▪ catch or trap (someone): "five blackmailers were snared in a police sting"

   Word Origin late Old Englishsneare, from Old Norse snara. snare (sense 2 of the noun) is probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snare ‘harp string’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. snarer noun

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