TRAP
/tษนรฆp/
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Definition
/tษนรฆp/
noun
- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.“I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.”
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.“Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.”
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.“Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.”
verb
- To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.“to trap foxes”
- To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
- To provide with a trap.“to trap a drain”
Source: Wiktionary
