snare : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: snare	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for snare
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snare n something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion" Synonym(s): trap, snare a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head Synonym(s): snare drum, snare, side drum a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose Synonym(s): snare, gin, noose v catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel] entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" Synonym(s): hook, snare
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snare \Snare\, n. [AS. sneara cord, a string; akin to D. snoer, G. schnur, OHG. snour a cord, snarahha a noose, Dan. snare, Sw. & Icel. snara, Goth. sn[?]rj[?] a basket; and probably also to E. needle. See {Needle}, and cf. {Snarl} to entangle.] 1. 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. 2. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble. If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee. --Shak. 3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum. 4. (Med.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion. {Snare drum}, the smaller common military drum, as distinguished from the bass drum; -- so called because (in order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across its lower head a catgut string or strings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snare \Snare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snaring}.] To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger. Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. --Milton. The mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers. --Shak.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Snare The expression (Amos 3:5), "Shall one take up a snare from the earth?" etc. (Authorized Version), ought to be, as in the Revised Version, "Shall a snare spring up from the ground?" etc. (See {GIN}.)