| NOUN | cognition | snare, trap | something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches / catches you unawares |
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| artifact | snare, snare drum, side drum | a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head | |
| artifact | snare | a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them | |
| artifact | snare | strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum | |
| artifact | snare, gin, noose | a trap for birds or small mammals | |
| VERB | contact | snare, trap, entrap, ensnare, trammel | catch in or as if in a trap |
| communication | snare, hook | entice and trap |
| Sounds | sneh'r | |
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| Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... | |
| Meaning | Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches / catches you unawares. | |
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| Example | "it was all a snare and delusion" | |
| Synonym | trap | |
| Narrower | iron trap | A trap from which there is no escape |
| speed trap | A trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders | |
| Broader | design, plan | An arrangement scheme |
| Verbs | snare | entice and trap |
| Meaning | A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head. | |
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| Synonyms | snare drum, side drum | |
| Parts | snare | strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum |
| Broader | drum, membranophone, tympan | A musical percussion instrument |
| Spanish | caja, redoblante, tarola | |
| Catalan | caixa, redoblant | |
| Meaning | A surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities. | |
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| Broader | surgical instrument | A medical instrument used in surgery |
| Meaning | strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit. | |
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| Part of | snare drum, snare, side drum | A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head |
| Broader | string | A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed |
| Spanish | lazo | |
| Meaning | A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose. | |
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| Synonyms | gin, noose | |
| Parts | slipknot | A knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made |
| Broader | trap | A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned |
| Verbs | snare | catch in or as if in a trap |
| Meaning | catch in or as if in a trap. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They snare the animals | |
| Synonyms | trap, entrap, ensnare, trammel | |
| Category | hunt, hunting | The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport |
| Narrower | gin | trap with a snare |
| Broader | capture, catch | Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping |
| Spanish | atrapar, cazar, coger, entrampar, pescar | |
| Catalan | atrapar, travar | |
| Nouns | snare | a trap for birds or small mammals |
| snarer | someone who sets snares for birds or small animals | |
| Meaning | entice and trap. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" | |
| Synonym | hook | |
| Broader | entice, lure, tempt | Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion |
| Similar to | hook, solicit, accost | approach with an offer of sexual favors |
| Spanish | atraer, enganchar | |
| Nouns | snare | something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches / catches you unawares |
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