snare 1
— snareless , adj. — snarer , n. — snaringly , adv.
/snair/ , n. , v. , snared, snaring .
n.
1. a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
2. anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares; trap.
3. Surg. a wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base.
v.t.
4. to catch with a snare; entangle.
5. to catch or involve by trickery or wile: to snare her into going.
[ bef. 1100; ME (n. and v.); c. ON snara, MLG snare, OHG snar ( a ) ha ]
Syn. 1. See trap 1 . 2. net, seine.
snare 2
/snair/ , n.
one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
[ 1680-90; snare or MD snaer string; r. OE sner string of a musical instrument ]