snare

CEFRB2

/snɛ(ə)ɹ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A trap for catching an animal; to catch or trick someone.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.

Examples

  • A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

  • A fox was caught in the snare.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /sneː/
  • /sniə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A mental or psychological trap.

  2. A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).

  3. A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.

More examples

In context

  • He […] watched Beavis’s long-toothed mouth open and clap to like a rabbit snare.

  • He felt a snare tightening around his throat; he gasped and threw a leg out of the bed, where it jerked for a second or two, thumping the steel frame, and died.

  • […] if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English snare, from Old English sneare (“snare, noose”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer.