Trap
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Trap
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1 v. t.
To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.
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2 n.
An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock.
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3 a.
Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.
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4 n.
A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes.
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5 n.
Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.
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6 n.
A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at.
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7 n.
The game of trapball.
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8 n.
A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids.
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9 n.
A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
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10 n.
A wagon, or other vehicle.
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11 n.
A kind of movable stepladder.
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12 v. t.
To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.
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13 v. t.
Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
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14 v. t.
To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5.
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15 v. i.
To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.
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16 v. t.
To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.
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17 n.
An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock.
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18 a.
Of or pertaining to trap rock; as, a trap dike.
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19 n.
A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes.
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20 n.
Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.
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21 n.
A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. It consists of a pivoted arm on one end of which is placed the ball to be thrown into the air by striking the other end. Also, a machine for throwing into the air glass balls, clay pigeons, etc., to be shot at.
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22 n.
The game of trapball.
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23 n.
A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids.
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24 n.
A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
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25 n.
A wagon, or other vehicle.
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26 n.
A kind of movable stepladder.
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27 v. t.
To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.
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28 v. t.
Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
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29 v. t.
To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. See 4th Trap, 5.
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30 v. i.
To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.