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Trap
English
Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /tɹæp/
Transitive Verb
to trap
Etymology
AS. treppan. See {Trap} a snare.
Meanings
- To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.
- To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. ``I trapped the foe. —Dryden.
- To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe.
Intransitive Verb
to trap
To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.
Adjective
trap
- Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.
Noun
trap
Etymology
OE. trappe, AS. treppe; akin to OD. trappe, OHG. trapo; probably fr. the root of E. tramp, as that which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which is trod upon: cf. F. trappe, which perhaps influenced the English word.
Meanings
- A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes. She would weep if that she saw a mouse Caught in a trap. —Chaucer.
- A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares. Let their table be made a snare and a trap. —Rom. xi. 9.; God and your majesty Protect mine innocence, or I fall into The trap is laid for me! —Shakespere
- 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.
- The game of trapball.
- 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.
- A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
- A light two-wheeled carriage with springs. No one is stirring yet, but I know where the stable-boy sleeps, and we shall soon have the trap out. —Sherlock Holmes.
- A kind of movable stepladder.
- 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.
Synonyms
Translations
- Dutch: val f (1, 2), trapladder f (8)
- French: piège m (1, 2), traquenard m (2)
Related terms
Dutch
Noun
trap m (plural: trappen , diminutive: trapje )
- stair , staircase
- kick
Verb
trap
- first person singular present tense of trappen
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