snare

Speech parts

1. snare - Noun

2. snare - Verb

3. Snare - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.

The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.

An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.

To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

trap gin noose ensnare entrap lasso trammel capture catch hook lure decoy pitfall booby trap snare drum
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Antonyms

free release liberate loosen let go be surprised
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Hypernyms

design plan drum string capture catch

Hyponyms

gin speed trap iron trap

Phrases with the word

fifer's snare drum drum corps snare drum flax snare devil's snare

Derivatives

snared snaring

Anagrams

nares Anser Naser RNase Saner Serna nears earns

Examples

The devil's snare does not catch you, unless you are first caught by the devil's bait. Ambrose

The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land. Clarence Darrow

There are two ways of avoiding the snare of woman; one is to shun all women and the other to love all beings. Sri Aurobindo

A fox is not caught twice in the same snare. Greek Proverb

Even old foxes are caught in the snare. Italian Proverb

Where there is finery, there lies the snare. Swahili Proverb

Close letter words and terms

snapweed snapworthy snar snare drum snare drummer snare-picture