nnoun.cognitionsomething (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawaresSynset:trap
Examples:- the exam was full of trap questions
- it was all a snare and delusion
Derivationally Related Form:trapsnare
Hypernyms:design plan
Inherited Hypernyms:trapdesignarrangementstructurecognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:iron trapspeed trap
Full Hyponyms:iron trapspeed trap
nnoun.artifacta small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower headSynset:side drum snare drum
Hypernyms:drum membranophone tympan
Inherited Hypernyms:snare drumdrumpercussion instrumentmusical instrumentdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Part Meronyms:snare
nnoun.artifacta 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 cavitiesHypernyms:surgical instrument
Inherited Hypernyms:snaresurgical instrumentmedical instrumentinstrumentdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifactstrings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hitPart Holonyms:side drum snare snare drum
Hypernyms:string
Inherited Hypernyms:snarestringcordlineartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifacta trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip nooseSynset:gin noose
Derivationally Related Form:ginsnare
Hypernyms:trap
Inherited Hypernyms:snaretrapdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Part Meronyms:slipknot
vverb.contactcatch in or as if in a trapTopic:hunthunting
Synset:ensnare entrap trammel trap
Derivationally Related Form:trappertrapsnarersnare
Hypernyms:capture catch
Inherited Hypernyms:trapcaptureget
Direct Hyponyms:gin
Full Troponyms:gin
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- the animals (apply to: trap, snare)
vverb.communicationentice and trapSynset:hook
Examples:- The car salesman had snared three potential customers
Derivationally Related Form:hooksnare
Hypernyms:entice lure tempt
Inherited Hypernyms:hookenticeprovokechallengeinviterequestaskrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody