snare
verb/sneə(r)/
/sner/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they snare | /sneə(r)/ /sner/ |
| he / she / it snares | /sneəz/ /snerz/ |
| past simple snared | /sneəd/ /snerd/ |
| past participle snared | /sneəd/ /snerd/ |
| -ing form snaring | /ˈsneərɪŋ/ /ˈsnerɪŋ/ |
- snare something/somebody to catch something, especially an animal, in a snare synonym trap
- to snare a rabbit
- (figurative) Their only goal was to snare rich customers.
- (figurative) He found himself snared in a web of intrigue.
- There is to be a crackdown on the use of giant fishing nets that snare dolphins.
Word Originlate Old English sneare, from Old Norse snara. Sense (3) is probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snare ‘harp string’.Definitions on the go
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