Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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lure | Yes | No | Yes | No |
snare | Yes | No | Yes | No |
lure (noun) | snare (noun) |
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something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed | a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose |
qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward | strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit |
anything that serves as an enticement | a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head |
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 | |
something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares |
lure (verb) | snare (verb) |
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provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion | entice and trap |
catch in or as if in a trap |