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(verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree" |
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Synonyms: immobilize, pin |
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(verb) catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" |
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Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel |
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Related Words: capture, catch, gin |
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(verb) hold or catch as if in a trap; "The gaps between the teeth trap food particles" |
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Related Words: hold, take hold |
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(verb) place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation" |
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Related Words: confine, detain |
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(noun) a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned |
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Related Words: device, entanglement, flytrap, gin, lobster pot, mantrap, mousetrap, net, noose, pit, pitfall, pound net, rattrap, snare, web |
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(noun) a light two-wheel carriage |
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Related Words: carriage, equipage, rig |
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(noun) a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters |
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Related Words: mechanical device |
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(noun) a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas |
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Related Words: drain, drainpipe, waste pipe |
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(noun) informal terms for the mouth |
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Synonyms: hole, maw, yap |
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Related Words: mouth, oral cavity |
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(noun) something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion" |
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Synonyms: snare |
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Related Words: design, iron trap, plan, speed trap |
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(noun) a hazard on a golf course |
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Synonyms: bunker, sand trap |
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Related Words: hazard |
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(noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise |
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Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, lying in wait |
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Related Words: coup de main, dry-gulching, surprise attack |
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