trap
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/træp/
🇬🇧
/træp/
noun
B2
A device used to catch animals.
The hunter set a trap to catch the fox.
B2
A trick to make someone do or say something.
She set a trap to catch him lying.
C1
A bad situation that is hard to escape.
Poverty can feel like a trap.
R
A two-wheeled horse carriage.
They rode in a horse and trap.
R
Mouth (informal).
Keep your trap shut!
R
A cage that releases dogs at races.
The greyhound waited in the trap.
R
A sand pit on a golf course.
His ball landed in the trap.
verb
B2
To catch or hold someone in a dangerous place.
The fire trapped people inside.
B2
To keep someone in a bad situation.
Bad jobs can trap workers.
B2
To catch or squeeze something tightly.
The door trapped his fingers.
B2
To catch someone by forcing them into a place.
Police trapped the thief.
C1
To catch an animal with a device.
They trap rabbits for food.
C1
To catch and keep something useful.
Plants trap sunlight.
C1
To trick someone into doing something.
He was trapped into signing.
translation
A device used to catch animals.; A trick to make someone do or say something.; A bad situation that is hard to escape.; A two-wheeled horse carriage.; Mouth (informal).; A cage that releases dogs at races.; A sand pit on a golf course.
To catch or hold someone in a dangerous place.; To keep someone in a bad situation.; To catch or squeeze something tightly.; To catch someone by forcing them into a place.; To catch an animal with a device.; To catch and keep something useful.; To trick someone into doing something.
Word Forms
3rd Present
traps
Past
trapped
Perfect
trapped
Progressive
trapping
Plural
traps