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Snare

A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.

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Verb group 6

Accost 84% connected

To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Accost 84% connected

To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hook 84% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hook 84% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Solicit 84% connected

To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Solicit 84% connected

To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Capture 76% connected

The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Design 76% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drum 76% connected

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Entice 76% connected

To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to ev…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lure 76% connected

A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plan 76% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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String 76% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tempt 76% connected

To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trap 76% connected

To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tympan 76% connected

A drum.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Gin 76% connected

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Gin 74% connected

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gin 74% connected

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Noose 74% connected

A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Noose 74% connected

A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Snarer 74% connected

One who lays snares, or entraps.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Snarer 74% connected

One who lays snares, or entraps.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Trap 74% connected

To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Trap 74% connected

To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Component part 1

Slipknot 70% connected

knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Ensnare 92% connected

To catch in a snare. See Insnare.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Entrap 92% connected

To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contrad…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gin 92% connected

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hook 92% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Noose 92% connected

A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trammel 92% connected

A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trap 92% connected

To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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