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snare
English
Etymology
From Middle English snare, from Old English sneare (“a string; cord”), from Proto-Germanic *snarh? (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /sn???/, /sn??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sn??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
snare (plural snares)
- A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
- 1943, Graham Greene, The Ministry of Fear, London: Heinemann, 1960, Book Three, Chapter One, pp. 196-197,[1]
- He […] watched Beavis’s long-toothed mouth open and clap to like a rabbit snare.
- 2013, Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, New York: Knopf, 2014, Chapter 18, p. 332,[2]
- He felt a snare tightening around his throat; he gasped and threw a leg out of the bed, where it jerked for a second or two, thumping the steel frame, and died.
- 1943, Graham Greene, The Ministry of Fear, London: Heinemann, 1960, Book Three, Chapter One, pp. 196-197,[1]
- A mental or psychological trap.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act IV, Scene 2,[3]
- If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed,
- Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee:
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Exodus 23.33,[4]
- […] if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, London: W. Taylor, p. 193,[5]
- […] and I had now liv’d two Years under these Uneasinesses, which indeed made my Life much less comfortable than it was before; as may well be imagin’d by any who know what it is to live in the constant Snare of the Fear of Man […]
- 1865, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, Chapter ,[6]
- “ […] riches are a great snare.”
- 1978, Jan Morris, Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Part One, Chapter 9, p. 173,[7]
- They were devious war aims, and Allenby’s campaign was fought with a maximum of snare and subterfuge.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act IV, Scene 2,[3]
- (veterinary) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
- (surgery) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
- (music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin of a drum to create a rattling sound.
- (music) A snare drum.
Translations
Verb
snare (third-person singular simple present snares, present participle snaring, simple past and past participle snared)
- (transitive) To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ensnare.
Translations
Related terms
- ensnare
- snare drum
- snare-picture
- snarl
Anagrams
- Naser, Nears, RNase, Saner, Serna, eRNAs, earns, ernas, nares, nears, reans, saner
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse snara.
Noun
snare f or m (definite singular snara or snaren, indefinite plural snarer, definite plural snarene)
- a snare
- a trap
- Synonym: felle
Verb
snare (present tense snarer, past tense snara or snaret, past participle snara or snaret)
- (transitive) to catch in a snare
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
snare
- inflection of snar:
- definite singular
- plural
References
- “snare” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Arnes, Ernas, anser, ranes, rasen, rensa, saner
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse snara (“a snare”), from Proto-Germanic *snarh?. Cognate with English snare.
Alternative forms
- (noun): Snara, Snora, snara, snora, snoru (obsolete forms and spellings)
- (verb): snara (split and a-infinitives)
Noun
snare f (definite singular snara, indefinite plural snarer, definite plural snarene)
- a snare
- a trap
- Synonym: felle
Derived terms
- rennesnare
Verb
snare (present tense snarar, past tense snara, past participle snara, passive infinitive snarast, present participle snarande, imperative snar)
- (transitive) to catch in a snare
- (transitive) to ensnare
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
snare
- inflection of snar:
- definite singular
- plural
References
- “snare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Arnes, Ernas, ensar, naser, rasen, saner
Swedish
Adjective
snare
- absolute definite natural masculine form of snar.
Anagrams
- Arnes, anser, arens, enars, erans, rasen, reans, renas, rensa, resan
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compress
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English compressen, from Old French compresser, from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprim? (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + prem? (“press”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?mpr?s', IPA(key): /k?m?p??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
compress (third-person singular simple present compresses, present participle compressing, simple past and past participle compressed)
- (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument
- events of centuries […] compressed within the compass of a single life
- 1810, William Melmoth (translator), Letters of Pliny
- The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
- June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- (technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- (obsolete) To embrace sexually.
- 1727, Alexander Pope, Metamorphoses
- This Nymph compress'd by him who rules the day,
Whom Delphi and the Delian isle obey,
Andræmon lov'd; and , bless'd in all those charms
That pleas'd a God, succeeded to her arms
- This Nymph compress'd by him who rules the day,
- 1727, Alexander Pope, Metamorphoses
Synonyms
- (press together): compact, condense, pack, press, squash, squeeze; see also Thesaurus:compress
- (be pressed together): contract
- (condense, abridge): abridge, condense, shorten, truncate; see also Thesaurus:shorten
Antonyms
- (press together): expand
- (be pressed together): decontract
- (condense, abridge): expand, lengthen
- (make computing data smaller): uncompress
Derived terms
Related terms
- compression
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle French compresse, from compresse (“to compress”), from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprim? (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + prem? (“press”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?mp??s/
- (US) enPR: k?m'pr?s, IPA(key): /?k?mp??s/
Noun
compress (plural compresses)
- A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
- A machine for compressing.
Related terms
- compression
Translations
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