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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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trepan
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???pæn/
- Rhymes: -æn
- Hyphenation: tre?pan
Etymology 1
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trepan, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trephine.
Noun
trepan (plural trepans)
- A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts.
- (medicine) A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine.
Translations
Verb
trepan (third-person singular simple present trepans, present participle trepanning or trepaning, simple past and past participle trepanned or trepaned)
- (transitive, manufacturing, mining) To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.
- (medicine) To use a trepan; to trephine.
Translations
Etymology 2
Possibly from Old English treppan (“to trap”).
Noun
trepan (plural trepans)
- (archaic) A trickster.
- (archaic) A snare; a trapan.
- Snares and trepans that common life lays in its way.
Translations
Verb
trepan (third-person singular simple present trepans, present participle trepanning, simple past and past participle trepanned)
- (archaic) To ensnare; to seduce, to trick.
- 1798 Charlotte Turner Smith: The Young Philosopher. Vol.4, Chapter 9. ...a postchaise, into which he had so infamously trepanned me...
Translations
Anagrams
- -pteran, Parten, arpent, enrapt, entrap, panter, parent
Spanish
Verb
trepan
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of trepar.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of trepar.
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