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US
/ˈsnɛɹ/
]
[ UK /snˈeə/ ]
[ UK /snˈeə/ ]
VERB
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entice and trap
The car salesman had snared three potential customers -
catch in or as if in a trap
The men trap foxes
NOUN
- a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
- strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
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something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
the exam was full of trap questions
it was all a snare and delusion - 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
- a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
How To Use snare In A Sentence
- It looks like a preying mantis, has a huge hook to snare its prey and is coming to a rocky shoreline near you.
- Jagang didn't want her slipping out of their snare by hiding in crowds of people, or escaping by pretending to be a lowly washwoman. The Pillars of Creation
- Each man was surrounded by an absolute armada of percussion: Bongos, congas, sambas and tom toms; high-hats, kettles, timpani and snares.
- The blood tests which snared three drugs cheats at last month's Winter Olympics could be missing from the anti-doping programme throughout Britain this year, including the Commonwealth Games.
- According to the sailor, any animal, whatever it was, would be a lawful prize, and the rodents or carnivora which might get into the new snares would be well received at Granite House. The Mysterious Island
- Just ask Professors Darryl Gwynne and David Rentz, whose study snared the Ig Nobel Prize also known as "Ig" or "Igs" in Biology on Thursday night. Katherine Meusey: Ig Nobel Prizes: Think First, Then Laugh
- I have been told that many of them wear patent complexions, "boughten" bangs, and pad out scrawny forms until they appear voluptuous Junos, and thereby deceive and ensnare, bedazzle and beguile the unsuspecting sons of men. The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 12
- It's time to stop moping and snare a man. The Sun
- They snared rabbits for food and skins with which to sew caps and cloaks. Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445
- So what does it take for a woman to snare the man who is widely considered to be the world's most eligible bachelor? The Sun