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- Dictionarysnare/sner/
noun
- 1. a trap for catching birds or animals, typically one having a noose of wire or cord. Similar
- 2. a length of wire, gut, or hide stretched across a drumhead to produce a rattling sound.
verb
- 1. catch (a bird or mammal) in a snare: "the foxes were humanely snared" Similar
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The meaning of SNARE is a contrivance often consisting of a noose for entangling birds or mammals. How to use snare in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Snare.
SNARE definition: 1. a device for catching small animals and birds, usually with a rope or wire that tightens around…. Learn more.
noun. a device for trapping birds or small animals, esp a flexible loop that is drawn tight around the prey. a surgical instrument for removing certain tumours, consisting of a wire loop that may be drawn tight around their base to sever or uproot them. anything that traps or entangles someone or something unawares.
A snare is a trap, usually for small animals, and using a noose. Snare can also mean to trap in general or any type of trap, like the snare of a TV cliffhanger that traps you into watching again. If writers are to be believed, we are surrounded by snares.
A snare is a trap for catching birds or small animals. It consists of a loop of wire or rope which pulls tight around the animal. I felt like an animal caught in a snare.
1. (Hunting) a device for trapping birds or small animals, esp a flexible loop that is drawn tight around the prey. 2. (Surgery) a surgical instrument for removing certain tumours, consisting of a wire loop that may be drawn tight around their base to sever or uproot them.
SNARE definition: 1. a piece of equipment used to catch animals 2. to catch an animal using a snare 3. to trick…. Learn more.
Definition of snare noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a surgical instrument for removing certain tumours, consisting of a wire loop that may be drawn tight around their base to sever or uproot them. anything that traps or entangles someone or something unawares. vb (transitive) to catch (birds or small animals) with a snare.
noun. /snɛr/. a device used for catching small animals and birds, especially one that holds them by the leg or neck so that they cannot escape synonym trap The rabbit's foot was caught in a snare.
