Definition of snare

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Snare (n.) 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..

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Gin :: Gin (n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
Trepan :: Trepan (v. t.) To insnare; to trap; to trapan.
Trapan :: Trapan (v. t.) To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.
Entoil :: Entoil (v. t.) To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare.
Insnare :: Insnare (v. t.) To catch in a snare; to entrap; to take by artificial means.
Sniggle :: Sniggle (v. t.) To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare..
Trap :: Trap (n.) Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.
Beclap :: Beclap (v. t.) To catch; to grasp; to insnare.
Belime :: Belime (v. t.) To besmear or insnare with birdlime.
Noose :: Noose (v. t.) To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
Captious :: Captious (a.) Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome..
Pool :: Pool (n.) The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall into difficulties.
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush..
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
Snarl :: Snarl (v. t.) To embarrass; to insnare.
Lash :: Lash (n.) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare..
Springe :: Springe (v. i.) A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare..
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