snare

«snare» in Mova's school dictionary: a trap for catching animals, usually a loop of wire or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a snare, snares); verb (snare, snares, snared, snaring)

meaning for a pupil

1) A snare is a trap for catching animals, usually a loop of wire or string that tightens around the animal. tree →

2) A snare is also something that tricks or traps a person, like a clever trap of words. tree →

3) (music) A snare, or snare drum, is a small drum with wires underneath that make a sharp rattling sound. tree →

4) (verb) To snare means to catch an animal in a trap, or to catch or win something by skill or a trick: "She snared the last ticket." tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and stories, hunters and poachers set snares for rabbits and birds. In music lessons the snare drum is part of the drum kit and the marching band. In everyday news it can mean catching a prize or a criminal ("police snared the thief"). The word tells the reader about trapping, sometimes sneakily. Phrases: "set a snare", "caught in a snare", "snare drum", "a snare and a delusion" (old: a trap that only looks good).

examples

• The rabbit was caught in a wire snare. tree →
• Poachers set snares in the woods at night. tree →
• The drummer hit the snare hard at the end of the song. tree →
• In the marching band, I play the snare drum. tree →
• The police snared the robber with a hidden camera. tree →
• Our team snared a last-minute goal to win. tree →
• The question was a snare to see if we were listening. tree →
• Snares can hurt pets, so many places ban them. tree →
• A ghastly Gadfly, coming that way, stumbled straight into the Spider's snare. tree →

note

Countable: a snare, snares. Verb past: snared. Spelling: one r, final e. Do not confuse with "sneer" (a mean smile) or "share". "Snare" for drum is short for "snare drum".

In the corpora

• The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
• And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.'
• Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where there is no lure for it?
• Will a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?
• The LORD hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

Trees and pragmatics

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