definition of trap
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Definition of 'trap' A trap is a device which is placed somewhere or a hole which is dug somewhere in order to catch animals or birds. 2. verb. If a person traps animals or birds, he or she catches them using traps. The locals were encouraged to trap and kill the birds.
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- restrain verb [T]. › to ​control the ​actions or ​behavior of someone by ​force, esp. in ​order to ​stop that ​person from doing something: Seamons got into a ​shouting ​match and had to be restrained by his ​teammates. I could ​hardly restrain my ​laughter.
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- trapezoid. 1  Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. 2  Anatomy. a bone in the wrist that articulates with the metacarpal bone of the forefinger. 3  Also, trapezoidal.
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Definition of 'noose' Definition of 'noose'. noose (nuːs ) A noose is a circular loop at the end of a piece of rope or wire. A noose is tied with a knot that allows it to be tightened, and it is usually used to trap animals or hang people. You can refer to something that traps people in a difficult situation as a noose around their neck.
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- Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 9 October 2015 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately.
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What is a Trapezoid? (Part 1) There are two competing definitions for trapezoid: The exclusive definition of a trapezoid states that a trapezoid has exactly one pair of opposite sides parallel. The inclusive definition states that a trapezoid has at least one pair of opposite sides parallel. Sometimes people say trapezoids have one pair of opposite sides parallel, which leaves it ambiguous whether there can be more than one or not.
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trap trap (plural traps) 1  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. 2  A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare. 3  A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
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bait bait 1. n. 1. a. Food or other lure placed on a hook or in a trap and used in the taking of fish, birds, or other animals. b. Something, such as a worm, used for this purpose. 2. An enticement, temptation, or provocation: He did not take the bait by responding to the taunt and getting drawn into an argument.
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Trapping Animal trapping, or simply trapping, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal. Animals may be trapped for a variety of purposes, including food, the fur trade, hunting, pest control, and wildlife management.age traps are also used in muskrat trapping. A cage trap is set in a runway and the muskrat pushes the door open which is at a 45 degrees. Once the muskrat enters the cage trap the other side is closed with another door at 45 degrees. So the muskrat drowns in the trap which is set under water.
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Definition of 'trap' 3. countable noun. A trap is a trick that is intended to catch or deceive someone. He failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap. He was trying to decide whether the question was some sort of a trap.
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snarenoun  [ C] us ​ /sneər/. › a device for catching small animals, usually with a rope or wire that tightens around the animal. › A snare is also a trick or situation that deceives you or involves you unexpectedly in a problem: The legal system is full of snares for the unwary.
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Overview Causes. Sodium plays a key role in your body. It helps maintain normal blood pressure, supports the work of your nerves and muscles, and regulates your body's fluid balance. A normal sodium level is between 135 and 145 milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L) of sodium.
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trap gin - trap with a snare; gin game hunting, hunt - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport snare, trammel, trap, ensnare, entrap - catch in or as if in a trap; The men trap foxes
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- snare (plural snares) 1  A trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather. ( 2 rare) A mental or psychological trap; usually in the phrase a snare and a delusion. Shakespeare If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, / Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee.
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- The communique said the National Assembly's Standing Committee, during its meeting last Friday and Sunday, heard reports on and gave recommendations to the draft revised land law, which will be submitted to the upcoming session, scheduled to last about one month.
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leghold trap Definition of leghold trap. : a jawed usually steel trap that is used to hold a wild mammal and operates by springing closed and clamping onto the leg of the animal that steps on it.
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- trap house Term used to define a crack house, or the surroundings in which a drug dealer or(trap star) would use to make their profit.Also refered to as up tha way. I made a 100 thou' in my trap house,---trappa's goin' in trappa's comin' out...-Gucci Mane
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Talk:trap A trap is an idealized young homosexual boy: biologically male (with a penis) but otherwise androgynous, foppishly dressed, possibly prepubescent but definitely under the age of consent. (The word trap was used with the same meaning as jail bait.) This was the original meaning several years ago when it was used for internet drawings. It is now used for any type of a fictional twink.
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- Definition; TRAP: Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase: TRAP: Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion: TRAP: Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (USMC) TRAP: Thrombin Receptor-Activating Peptide (used in research to initiate platelet activation and blood coagulation) TRAP: Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure: TRAP: Tandem Recursive Algorithm Process: TRAP
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catch catch, capture, and trap mean to get possession or control of by or as if by seizing. catch is used for the act of trying to seize something or someone that is moving or hiding. capture is used when there is a struggle or some other kind of difficulty.
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Talk:trap In the realm of erotic Internet drawings, a trap is an underage boy (anatomically male at any rate; one can't tell anything about psychological gender from a drawing of an imaginary person) dressed as a girl. A twink dressed as a male (or completely undressed, for that matter) is not a trap.
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catch catch, capture, trap, snare, entrap, ensnare, bag mean to come to possess or control by or as if by seizing. catch implies the seizing of something in motion or in flight or in hiding. caught the dog as it ran by; capture suggests taking by overcoming resistance or difficulty. capture an enemy stronghold
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trap A confining or undesirable circumstance from which escape or relief is difficult: fell into poverty's trap. 4. A device for sealing a passage against the escape of gases, especially a U-shaped or S-shaped bend in a drainpipe that prevents the return flow of sewer gas by means of a water barrier.
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- Examples of traps. In plumbing, a trap is a device which has a shape that uses a bending path to capture water to prevent sewer gases from entering buildings. In refinery applications, traps are used to prevent hydrocarbons and other dangerous gases from escaping outside through drains.
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trap From Middle English trappe, from Old English træppe, treppe (“ trap, snare ”) (also in betræppan (“ to trap ”)) from Proto-Germanic *trap-. Akin to Old High German trappa, trapa (“ trap, snare ”), Middle Dutch trappe (“ trap, snare ”), Middle Low German treppe (“ step, stair ”) (German Treppe step, stair), Old English treppan (“ to step, tread ”) and possibly Albanian trap raft, channel, path. Connection to step is that upon which one steps.
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- Less commonly, a trap can refer to when the Force is with someone, but they are not a Jedi yet, and a second party wishes for one to join him, and together they can rule the galaxy as father and son. This type is generally announced by one's unknown sister as she is taken away by a bounty hunter. In addition, a trap can also refer to when one senses Count Dooku, to which the other replies, I sense a trap.. In these cases, the next move is to spring the trap. These two types are becoming increasingly rare, subsiding to the first type mentioned. Controller: Admiral, we have enemy ships in sector 47.