A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.
Noun
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
Noun
a hazard on a golf course
Noun
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
Noun
a light two-wheeled carriage
Noun
a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
Noun
drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
Noun
informal terms for the mouth
Noun
something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"
Verb
to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
Verb
catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
Verb
hold or catch as if in a trap; "The gaps between the teeth trap food particles"
Verb
place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"
v. t.
To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of
horses.
n.
An old term rather loosely used to designate various
dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the
feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but
including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock.
a.
Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.
n.
A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a
spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes.
n.
Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which
one may be caught unawares.
n.
A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the
game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is
placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end.
Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons,
etc., to be shot at.
n.
The game of trapball.
n.
A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe,
sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which
prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids.
n.
A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates
for want of an outlet.
n.
A wagon, or other vehicle.
n.
A kind of movable stepladder.
v. t.
To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.
v. t.
Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
v. t.
To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a
sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5.
v. i.
To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping
game; as, to trap for beaver.
Trap
Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering.
To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed.
There she found her palfrey trapped In purple blazoned with armorial gold.
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She would weep if that she saw a mouse Caught in a trap.2.
Let their table be made a snare and a trap.
God and your majesty Protect mine innocence, or I fall into The trap is laid for me!3.
Trap
Trap
To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.
An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also
Of or pertaining to trap rock;
A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals;
To catch in a trap or traps;
To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game;
Usage Examples
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.
The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.
A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.
The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out.
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Other Usage ExamplesMarriage is obsolete and a trap.
A clear cold morning with high wind: we caught in a trap a large gray wolf, and last night obtained in the same way a fox who had for some time infested the neighbourhood of the fort.
I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don't fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that aren't a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch.
In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior.
It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength.
Because Microsoft seems to sometimes not trust customer choice, they salt XP with all these little gizmos and trap doors to get people to try Microsoft stuff. But the reality is that we're downloading more players than we ever have on a worldwide basis.