snare, gin, noose
(noun) a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
snare
(noun) strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
snare
(noun) 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
trap, snare
(noun) something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; “the exam was full of trap questions”; “it was all a snare and delusion”
hook, snare
(verb) entice and trap; “The car salesman had snared three potential customers”
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
(verb) catch in or as if in a trap; “The men trap foxes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Snare (plural Snares)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Snare is the 30600th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 762 individuals. Snare is most common among White (93.96%) individuals.
• Naser, Nears, RNase, Saner, Serna, eRNAs, earns, ernas, nares, nears, reans, saner
snare (plural snares)
A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
A mental or psychological trap.
(veterinary) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
(surgery) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
(music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin of a drum to create a rattling sound.
(music) A snare drum.
snare (third-person singular simple present snares, present participle snaring, simple past and past participle snared)
(transitive) To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
(transitive, figurative) To ensnare.
• Naser, Nears, RNase, Saner, Serna, eRNAs, earns, ernas, nares, nears, reans, saner
SNARE (plural SNAREs)
(protein) Any of a class of proteins whose primary role is to mediate vesicle fusion.
• Naser, Nears, RNase, Saner, Serna, eRNAs, earns, ernas, nares, nears, reans, saner
Source: Wiktionary
Snare, n. Etym: [AS. sneara cord, a string; akin to D. snoer, G. schnur, OHG. snour a cord, snarahha a noose, Dan. snare, Sw. & Icel. snara, Goth. sn a basket; and probably also to E. needle. See Needle, and cf. Snarl to entangle.]
1. A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.
2. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble. If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee. Shak.
3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
4. (Med.)
Definition: An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion. Snare drum, the smaller common military drum, as distinguished from the bass drum; -- so called because (in order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across its lower head a catgut string or strings.
Snare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snared; p. pr. & vb. n. Snaring.]
Definition: To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger. Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. Milton. The mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
