ensnare
verb (ensnare, ensnares, ensnared, ensnaring)
Everyday
- To ensnare an animal is to catch it in a snare or trap. tree →
- To ensnare a person is to trick them into a bad situation they cannot easily get out of. tree →
In the lessons
Stories and nature books (spiders ensnare flies, hunters ensnare rabbits); online safety (scammers try to ensnare people). Phrases: ensnared in, ensnared by.
Examples
- The spider's web ensnared a fly. tree →
- The rabbit was ensnared by a wire trap. tree →
- Scammers try to ensnare people with fake prizes. tree →
- The hero was ensnared by the villain's lies. tree →
- The net ensnared the fish. tree →
- The sticky plant ensnares insects. tree →
- THE GEESE and the Cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when a birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets. tree →
Note
Similar: trap, catch, entrap. Snare is a wire noose trap; also a snare drum (different meaning). Formal-literary word.
In Jewish tradition
Stories and nature books (spiders ensnare flies, hunters ensnare rabbits); online safety (scammers try to ensnare people). Phrases: ensnared in, ensnared by.
Examples
- That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people. (Writings JOB.34.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. (Writings PRO.5.22, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Similar: trap, catch, entrap. Snare is a wire noose trap; also a snare drum (different meaning). Formal-literary word.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «ensnare» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «ensnare» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «ensnare» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «ensnare» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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