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