Definition of snares

"snares" in the noun sense

1. trap, snare

something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

"the exam was full of trap questions"

"it was all a snare and delusion"

2. snare drum, snare, side drum

a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

3. snare

a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them used especially in body cavities

4. snare

strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit

5. snare, gin, noose

a trap for birds or small mammals often has a slip noose

"snares" in the verb sense

1. trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel

catch in or as if in a trap

"The men trap foxes"

2. hook, snare

entice and trap

"The car salesman had snared three potential customers"

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Quotations for snares

Life hath quicksands; life hath snares. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

In the midst of early life, Snares of death surround us. [ Martin Luther ]

The company keeper has almost as many snares as companions. [ Proverb ]

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provisions of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction. [ Swift ]

Experience unveils too late the snares laid for youth; it is the white frost which discovers the spider's web when the flies are no longer there to be caught. [ J. Petit-Senn ]

Discouragement is a passion, the most dangerous of all: it takes from us all our arms, all our forces, and abandons us without pity to the snares of voluptuousness. [ Alfred Mercier ]

snares in Scrabble®

The word snares is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words containing the sequence snares

Words that start with snares (1 word)

Words with snares in them (1 word)

Words that end with snares (2 words)

Word Growth involving snares

Shorter words in snares

ar are ares nares

re are ares nares

ar are snare

re are snare

Longer words containing snares

ensnares