noose 
(ns)
(ns)n.
1. A loop formed in a rope by means of a slipknot so that it binds tighter as the rope is pulled. Also called running noose.
2. A snare or trap.
tr.v. noosed, noos·ing, noos·es
1. To capture or hold by or as if by a noose.
2. To make a noose of or in.
[Middle English nose, probably from Old French nos, nous, knot, from Latin nōdus; see NODE.]
- Indo-European root: stāi-
- Indo-European root: s(w)e-
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- Indo-European root: s(w)eks
- Indo-European root: swel-
- Indo-European root: swen-
- Indo-European root: swep-
- Indo-European root: swer-
- Indo-European root: swesor-
- Indo-European root: swo-
- Indo-European root: swād-
- Indo-European root: syū-
- Indo-European root: sā-
- Indo-European root: sāg-
- Indo-European root: sāwel-
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- Indo-European root: tauro-
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- Indo-European root: tek-
- Indo-European root: teks-
- Indo-European root: telə-
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