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- [snair]
- /snɛər/
- /sneər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [snair]
- /snɛər/
Definitions of snare word
- noun snare one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum. 1
- verb with object snare to catch with a snare; entangle. 1
- verb with object snare to catch or involve by trickery or wile: to snare her into going. 1
- noun snare animal trap 1
- transitive verb snare catch animal 1
- noun snare snare drum 1
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Origin of snare
First appearance:
before 1100 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1100; Middle English (noun and v.); cognate with Old Norse snara, Middle Low German snare, Old High German snar(a)ha
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Parts of speech for Snare
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
snare popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
snare usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for snare
verb snare
- accroach — to assume to oneself without right or authority; usurp.
- benet — to trap (something) in a net
- birddog — one of any of various breeds of dogs trained to hunt or retrieve birds.
- boxed in — simple past tense and past participle of box in.
- capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
noun snare
- arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- bait — Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
- blow off — If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
- bogy — an imaginary evil being or spirit; goblin
- bola — a missile used by gauchos and Indians of South America, consisting of two or more heavy balls on a cord. It is hurled at a running quarry, such as an ox or rhea, so as to entangle its legs
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