Definition of "snare" [snare]

• A trapping device, often consisting of a noose, used for capturing birds and small mammals. (noun)
• Something that serves to entangle the unwary. (noun)
• A surgical instrument with a wire loop controlled by a mechanism in the handle, used to remove growths, such as tumors and polyps. (noun)
• To trap with or as if with a snare. See Synonyms at catch. (verb-transitive)
• Any of the wires or cords stretched across the lower drumhead of a snare drum so as to vibrate against it. (noun)

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• "Notice the King James tone of her language, as in the use of the term "snare" which appears in Prov 7:23."
• "When a bird trying to fly upwards is made to fall upon the earth snare, it is a plain proof that the snare is there; so, Israel, now that thou art falling, infer thence, that it is in the snare of the divine judgment that thou art entangled [Ludovicus De Dieu]. shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing -- The bird-catcher does not remove his snare off the ground till he has caught some prey; so God will not withdraw the Assyrians, &c., the instruments of punishment, until they have had the success against you which God gives them."
• "So, what sounds like a drum machine snare, is actually a snare with a cymbal on top of it, and trying to recreate some of those dance sounds quite organically, and then afterwards, adding some of that synth quality."