trap
1. a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned (Freq. 4)
• Topics:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
• Hypernyms:
device
• Hyponyms:
flytrap, lobster pot, mantrap, mousetrap, net,
pit, pitfall, pound net, rattrap, snare, gin,
noose, steel trap, web, entanglement
• Part Meronyms:
bait, decoy, lure
2. drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
drain, drainpipe, waste pipe
3. a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
mechanical device
4. the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait
• Derivationally related forms:
ambuscade (for: ambuscade), ambush (for: ambush)
• Hypernyms:
surprise attack, coup de main
• Hyponyms:
dry-gulching
5. something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares (Freq. 1)
- the exam was full of trap questions
- it was all a snare and delusion
• Syn:
snare
• Derivationally related forms:
snare (for: snare)
• Hypernyms:
design, plan
• Hyponyms:
iron trap, speed trap
6. informal terms for the mouth
• Syn:
cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob
• Hypernyms:
mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
7. a light two-wheeled carriage
• Hypernyms:
carriage, equipage, rig
8. a hazard on a golf course
• Syn:
bunker, sand trap
• Derivationally related forms:
bunker (for: bunker)
• Hypernyms:
hazard
• Part Holonyms:
golf course, links course
1. catch in or as if in a trap (Freq. 2)
- The men trap foxes
• Syn:
entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
• Derivationally related forms:
snare (for: snare), snarer (for: snare), trapper
• Topics:
hunt, hunting
• Hypernyms:
capture, catch
• Hyponyms:
gin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They trap the animals
2. place in a confining or embarrassing position (Freq. 2)
- He was trapped in a difficult situation
• Syn:
pin down
• Hypernyms:
confine, detain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. hold or catch as if in a trap (Freq. 1)
- The gaps between the teeth trap food particles
• Hypernyms:
hold, take hold
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
4. to hold fast or prevent from moving
- The child was pinned under the fallen tree
• Syn:
pin, immobilize, immobilise
• Derivationally related forms:
immobilisation (for: immobilise), immobile (for: immobilize), immobilization (for: immobilize), immobilizing (for: immobilize)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- The fighter managed to trap his opponent
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