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Meaning of traps
noun
- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. Example: I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare. Example: Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor. Example: Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.
- A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
- A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball
verb
- To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap. Example: to trap foxes
- To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
- To provide with a trap. Example: to trap a drain
- To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game Example: trap for beaver
- To leave suddenly, to flee.
noun
- A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
verb
- To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
noun
- The trapezius muscle.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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