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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.
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.
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.
Snare definition: A trapping device, often consisting of a noose, used for capturing birds and small mammals.