Found 3 items, similar to trap.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: trap aring, jerat, jeratan, menjebak, perangkap
English → English (WordNet) Definition: trap trap n 1: a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned 2: drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas 3: something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; “the exam was full of trap questions”; “it was all a snare and delusion” [syn: snare] 4: a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters 5: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise [syn: ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait] 6: informal terms for the mouth [syn: cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob] 7: a light two-wheeled carriage 8: a hazard on a golf course [syn: bunker, sand trap] [also: trapping, trapped] trap v 1: place in a confining or embarrassing position; “He was trapped in a difficult situation” 2: catch in or as if in a trap; “The men trap foxes” [syn: entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel] 3: hold or catch as if in a trap; “The gaps between the teeth trap food particles” 4: to hold fast or prevent from moving; “The child was pinned under the fallen tree” [syn: pin, immobilize, immobilise] [also: trapping, trapped]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Trap Trap \Trap\, a. Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike. [1913 Webster] Trap \Trap\, n. [OE. trappe, AS. treppe; akin to OD. trappe, OHG. trapo; probably fr. the root of E. tramp, as that which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which perhaps influenced the English word.] 1. A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes. [1913 Webster] She would weep if that she saw a mouse Caught in a trap. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares. [1913 Webster] Let their table be made a snare and a trap. --Rom. xi. 9. [1913 Webster] God and your majesty Protect mine innocence, or I fall into The trap is laid for me! --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at. [1913 Webster] 4. The game of trapball. [1913 Webster] 5. A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids. [1913 Webster] 6. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet. [1913 Webster] 7. A wagon, or other vehicle. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 8. A kind of movable stepladder. --Knight. [1913 Webster] Trap stairs, a staircase leading to a trapdoor. Trap tree (Bot.) the jack; -- so called because it furnishes a kind of birdlime. See 1st Jack. [1913 Webster] Trap \Trap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Trapping.] [Akin to OE. trappe trappings, and perhaps from an Old French word of the same origin as E. drab a kind of cloth.] To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses. [1913 Webster] Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] There she found her palfrey trapped In purple blazoned with armorial gold. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Trap \Trap\, n. [Sw. trapp; akin to trappa stairs, Dan. trappe, G. treppe, D. trap; -- so called because the rocks of this class often occur in large, tabular masses, rising above one another, like steps. See Tramp.] (Geol.) An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock. [1913 Webster] Trap tufa, Trap tuff, a kind of fragmental rock made up of fragments and earthy materials from trap rocks. [1913 Webster] Trap \Trap\, v. t. [AS. treppan. See Trap a snare.] [1913 Webster] 1. To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. “I trapped the foe.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5. [1913 Webster] Trap \Trap\, v. i. To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver. [1913 Webster]