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| snare | |
| 1. n. A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather). |  |
| 2. n. A mental or psychological trap. | |
| 3. n. (veterinary) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal. | |
| 4. n. (surgery) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc. | |
| 5. n. (music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin of a drum to create a rattling sound. | |
| 6. n. (music) A snare drum. | |
| 7. v. To catch or hold, especially with a loop. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, figurative) To ensnare. | |
