Found 3 items, similar to snare.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: snare eret, gaet, perangkap
English → English (WordNet) Definition: snare snare n 1: something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; “the exam was full of trap questions”; “it was all a snare and delusion” [syn: trap] 2: a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head [syn: snare drum, side drum] 3: 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 4: strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit 5: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose [syn: gin, noose] snare v 1: catch in or as if in a trap; “The men trap foxes” [syn: trap, entrap, ensnare, trammel] 2: entice and trap; “The car salesman had snared three potential customers” [syn: hook]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Snare Snare \Snare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snared; p. pr. & vb. n. Snaring.] To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger. [1913 Webster] Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Snare \Snare\, n. [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?rj? 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble. [1913 Webster] If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum. [1913 Webster] 4. (Med.) An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]