snare
/snɛ(ə)ɹ/ verb C2- To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
- To ensnare.
- To play (a snare drum, or a beat on or as if on a snare drum).
He/she/it snares · Past snared · Past participle snared · -ing form snaring
Verb forms
- Base form
- snare
- He/she/it
- snares
- Past
- snared
- Past participle
- snared
- -ing form
- snaring
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The Monkey approached carelessly and was caught in the trap; and on his accusing the Fox of purposely leading him into the snare, she replied, “O Monkey, and are you, with such a mind as yours, going to be King over the Beasts?”
A very old Mouse, who had escaped many a trap and snare, observed from a safe distance the trick of his crafty foe and said, “Ah!
A CERTAIN HUNTER, having snared a hare, placed it upon his shoulders and set out homewards.
Spada turned pale, as Cæsar looked at him with an ironical air, which proved that he had anticipated all, and that the snare was well spread.
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