traps in English

noun

1

personal belongings; baggage.

I was ready to pack my traps and leave

noun

1

a device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body.

All of us must have seen pictures of animals caught in traps , a horrible slow painful death.

2

a situation in which people lie in wait to make a surprise attack.

police deliberately herded 400 demonstrators into a trap and then attacked and arrested them

3

a device for hurling an object such as a clay pigeon into the air to be shot at.

We had to load the clay pigeons into the traps .

4

a light, two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse or pony.

From his window he could see the Pyramids, but all he wanted to see was a photograph of Tommy, the pony which pulled the trap for the two of them on their last ride together.

5

a person's mouth (used in expressions to do with speaking).

keep your trap shut!

6

percussion instruments, typically in a jazz band.

And, placed with care, the balance between cymbals and traps was perfect.

7

an act of trapping the ball.

8

basalt or a similar dark, fine-grained igneous rock.

This mineral may have been derived from the mafic traprock .

verb

1

catch (an animal) in a trap.

Once he dreamed he was trying to trap foxes but kept catching Dalmatians.

synonyms: confine, cut off, corner, shut in, pen in, hem in, imprison, hold captive

2

put trappings on (a horse, etc.).

gaily trapped mules

noun

snare, net, mesh, deadfall, leghold (trap), pitfall
trick, ploy, ruse, deception, subterfuge, booby trap, ambush, setup
lying in wait, ambuscade, ambush
cakehole, gob, maw, yap, hole
bunker, sand trap
snare

verb

snare, confine, trick, pin down, entrap, immobilize
snare, entrap, ensnare, lay a trap for, capture, catch, bag, corner, ambush
confine, cut off, corner, shut in, pen in, hem in, imprison, hold captive
trick, dupe, deceive, lure, inveigle, beguile, fool, hoodwink, catch, trip up
pin down
entrap, trammel, ensnare, snare
immobilize, pin

Use "traps" in a sentence

1. Tricky Traps

2. Greener Mindset 12 Pack Cockroach Traps - Eco Friendly Glue Traps - Sticky Traps - Roach Killer - Roaches Spiders Ant Trap

3. Composters, ant traps and mouse traps of plastic, bed border elements of plastic

4. Setting traps, fishing and hunting.

5. Lockdown's ship has booby traps.

6. Drain traps [valves] of metal

7. Traps are equal opportunity weapons.

8. The PIC Baited Rat and Mice Glue Traps (24-Pack) The PIC Baited Rat and Mice Glue Traps (24-Pack) are disposable, easy to use traps

9. SET TRAPS: His skill in disarming traps allows the thief to snares of his own.

10. Accessorizes: as in traps, dresses up

11. nets, traps, poisoned or anaesthetic bait,

12. Use fly traps and flyswatters.

13. Peaceful “Time Bombs” and “Death Traps”

14. Deliverance From the Traps of the Birdcatcher

15. Adults can be controlled by light traps.

16. That's what tigers think of camera traps.

17. A filter traps dust from the air.

18. Or, use sticky yellow Dethlac glue traps.

19. Extended optical traps by shape-phase holography

20. Badly-built kit cars can be death traps.

21. High-Ti and Low-Ti Basalts have been distinguished in the Paraná and Etendeka traps a nd the Emeishan Traps.

22. It traps heat from the Sun like a blanket.

23. Nox storage materials and traps resistant to thermal aging

24. Ashored retrofits existing lobster and crab traps with

25. Paint traps or false bricks (can fall through

26. Fisheries Supply sells a variety of crab traps and Crabbing supplies from a simple crab snare to traps that fold flat in seconds.

27. Many animal welfare groups oppose padded steel-jawed traps.

28. 5 Types of Carnivorous Plants and How They Trap briefly explains all of these different trapping methods: pitfall traps, flypaper traps, lobster traps, snap traps.The Bladderwort is the one carnivorous plant that uses the method of suction trapping

29. They were a peaceful tribe, setting traps, fishing, hunting.

30. Skip the tourist traps & explore Brasov like a local.

31. Small print in documents can contain traps for the unwary.

32. Sell my traps and send the money to my brother.

33. He cautions: beware the detours, the pitfalls, the traps.

34. GIK Acoustics 244 Bass Traps and Monster Bass Traps come standard with 4 eyehooks in the back of the frame and accompanying picture wire

35. Traps Baited with pheromone plus 400 g of agave captured more weevils in comparison to traps Baited with pheromone alone or 200 g of agave alone

36. The advanced ACDelco Oil Filter design traps harmful microscopic contaminants.

37. A talented guy who is obsessed with traps and mechanisms.

38. Wool traps your body heat, keeping the chill at bay.

39. The first of these traps is a reluctance to admit complexity.

40. These Pods, can trigger anything from bombs, to traps, to mutts.

41. The sprite immmediately went out to spoil all the king's traps.

42. Trapfinding - As a rogue a Beguiler can search for traps.

43. 5 Thorns and traps are in the crooked man’s path,

44. The stock market is full of traps for the unwary.

45. Exams are not designed to set traps for unwary students.

46. The traps comprise a mechanically simple apparatus and two active ingredients.

47. They used booby traps, mines, and chemical substances throughout the country.

48. Bimetallic steam traps have the ability to handle large start-up loads

49. Adsorption traps, in particular being components for vacuum and ultrahigh vacuum technology

50. The next article will consider two additional traps, or snares, of Satan.