Definition of trap

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Trap (n.) Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.

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Fugue :: Fugue (n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears..
Billet :: Billet (n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.
Strap :: Strap (n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine..
Repose :: Repose (v. i.) To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand..
Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc..
Entrapped :: Entrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Entra.
Lanier :: Lanier (n.) A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like..
Trapdoor :: Trapdoor (n.) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; -- called also weather door.
Stropped :: Strop (n.) A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3..
Bag :: Bag (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game..
Trapball :: Trapball (n.) An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th Trap, 4..
Burrock :: Burrock (n.) A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
Trap :: Trap (n.) A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet..
Trap :: Trap (v. t.) Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
Fraud :: Fraud (n.) A trap or snare.
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force..
Gin :: Gin (v. t.) To catch in a trap.
Betrapped :: Betrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Betra.
Trappean :: Trappean (a.) Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap.
Chape :: Chape (n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap..
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