ensnare

«ensnare» in Mova's school dictionary: to catch it in a snare or trap — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (ensnare, ensnares, ensnared, ensnaring)

meaning for a pupil

1) To ensnare an animal is to catch it in a snare or trap. tree →

2) To ensnare a person is to trick them into a bad situation they cannot easily get out of. tree →

sense in the lessons

Stories and nature books (spiders ensnare flies, hunters ensnare rabbits); online safety (scammers try to ensnare people). Phrases: ensnared in, ensnared by.

examples

• The spider's web ensnared a fly. tree →
• The rabbit was ensnared by a wire trap. tree →
• Scammers try to ensnare people with fake prizes. tree →
• The hero was ensnared by the villain's lies. tree →
• The net ensnared the fish. tree →
• The sticky plant ensnares insects. tree →
• THE GEESE and the Cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when a birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets. tree →

note

Similar: trap, catch, entrap. Snare is a wire noose trap; also a snare drum (different meaning). Formal-literary word.

In the corpora

• His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
• That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ensnare» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.