English Explanatory Dictionary

snare

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
  2. A mental or psychological trap.
  3. A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
  4. A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
  5. A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
  6. A snare drum.
verb
  1. To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
  2. To ensnare.
  3. To play (a snare drum, or a beat on or as if on a snare drum).
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Any of a class of proteins whose primary role is to mediate vesicle fusion.

Pronunciation

/snɛ(ə)ɹ/ en-us-snare.ogg /snɛə/ /sneː/ /sneə/ /sniə/ /sneɹ/ /snɜː(ɹ)/

Word forms

snare snares snaring snared

Etymology

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.

Related words

ensnare insnare microsnare snare drum snareless snarelike snare-picture snarl snary unsnared unsnaren

Translations

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