snare
🇺🇸
/sner/
🇬🇧
/sneə(r)/
noun
R
A trap used to catch small animals by their legs.
The hunter set a snare to catch rabbits.
R
A tricky situation that is hard to get out of.
The young investor fell into the snare of a Ponzi scheme.
R
The metal wires on a snare drum that make the sound.
The drummer tuned the snare on his drum kit.
verb
R
To catch something, especially an animal, using a snare.
The poacher snared the fox with a homemade trap.
translation
A trap used to catch small animals by their legs.; A tricky situation that is hard to get out of.; The metal wires on a snare drum that make the sound.
To catch something, especially an animal, using a snare.
Word Forms
3rd Present
snares
Past
snared
Perfect
snared
Progressive
snaring
Plural
snares