Trap

[træp]

Definition

(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'.

Edited by Eva--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Typed by Erica

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Snare, gin, trapan.

v. a. Insnare, entrap, trapan.

Edited by Janet

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Snare, ambush, stratagem, noose, pitfall

ANT:Warning, beacon, signal-post, lighthouse, premonition

Typed by Betsy

Definition

n. a term loosely applied to many rocks of volcanic origin so called because lying often in steps or terraces.—adjs. Trap′pēan Trap′pous Trap′py.—ns. Trap′-tū′fa -tuff a variety of tufa consisting of the detrital matter of trap-rock.

n. an instrument for snaring animals: an ambush: a stratagem: a contrivance for hindering the passage of foul air from a waste-pipe &c.: a trap-door: any rickety structure: a carriage a vehicle: (slang) a policeman.—v.t. to catch in a trap:—pr.p. trap′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. trapped.—ns. Trap′-ball an old game played with a ball or bat and trap; Trap′-door a door in a floor shutting like the catch of a trap; Trap′-fall a trap-door which gives way beneath the feet; Trap′per one who traps animals for their fur &c.; Trap′piness the state of being trappy or unsafe; Trap′ping; Trap′-stair a stair or kind of ladder surmounted by a trap-door.—adj. Trap′py treacherous.

v.t. to drape or adorn with gay clothes: to ornament:—pr.p. trap′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. trapped.—n. a horse-cloth: (pl.) one's personal belongings luggage.—n.pl. Trap′pings gay clothes: ornaments esp. those put on horses.

Edited by Alta

Unserious Contents or Definition

To see a fly-trap in a dream, is signal of malicious designing against you. To see one full of flies, denotes that small embarrassments will ward off greater ones.

To dream of setting a trap, denotes that you will use intrigue to carry out your designs If you are caught in a trap, you will be outwitted by your opponents. If you catch game in a trap, you will flourish in whatever vocation you may choose. To see an empty trap, there will be misfortune in the immediate future. An old or broken trap, denotes failure in business, and sickness in your family may follow.

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