traps

plural noun

ˈtraps

: personal belongings : luggage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Program exercises that target your mid to lower traps three to five times a week.

Jenny Mccoy, SELF, 16 Sep. 2022 The organization, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, cited lobster traps as threats to endangered North Atlantic right whales, which can become tangled in the nets.

Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2022 Scientists often use camouflaged, motion-sensor cameras known as camera traps to study animals that are good at hiding from humans.

Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2022 While they may have been created to serve primarily as lead traps, many companies are making webinars a deeper digital experience by creating personalized offers, supplemental content and demos, and live chat features.

Lisa Bennett, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Several of the videos posted by Mr. Ossoff, 35, who has moppy brown hair and boyish good looks, have been interpreted by his fans as thirst traps.

New York Times, 19 Mar. 2022 The same year that Wilson published his article in Scientific American, a group of insect fanciers installed what are known as malaise traps in several nature reserves in Germany.

Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021 The first auction in early September included 245 firearms, 35 bows and 87 pieces of miscellaneous equipment such as traps, fishing equipment, lights and tree stands.

Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020 Will Kuiper, 24, orchard manager at Kuipers Family Farm in Maple Park, said traps are used to monitor insects on the Kane County farm.

Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 See More

traps 1 of 2

noun

plural of trap

as in ambushes

a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise undercover agents devised a trap to catch the counterfeiters a bear trap

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

ambushes
snares
nets
ruses
webs
tricks
deceptions
entanglements
entrapments
hazards
pitfalls
snags
catches
subterfuges
envelopments
booby traps
duplicities
artifices
ploys
cheats
land mines
enmeshments
double-dealings

as in ambushments

a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait an overland route to the Far East that was once notorious for the many robbers who laid traps for unsuspecting wayfarers

Synonyms & Similar Words

ambushes
ambushments
attacks
ambuscades
snares
surprises
mousetraps
entrapments
assaults
surprizes
sallies
charges
captures
huntings

as in snares

something that catches and holds the promotion is really just a trap to keep her from taking a new job elsewhere

Synonyms & Similar Words

snares
tangles
nets
entanglements
labyrinths
webs
mazes
meshes
toils
quicksands
nooses
quagmires
morasses
tanglements
snarls
spiderwebs
cobwebs
knots
cat's cradles

as in mouths

slang the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal shut your trap before someone belts you one!

Synonyms & Similar Words

mouths
jaws
pie holes
gobs
chops
pieholes
mugs
muzzles
kissers
faces
yaps
pusses
maws
mandibles
maxillas
visages
maxillae
countenances
gullets

traps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of trap

as in tangles

to catch or hold as if in a net an ambitious young man who was now trapped in a series of shady business deals

Synonyms & Similar Words

tangles
snares
nets
entraps
meshes
ensnares
enmeshes
immeshes
entangles
involves
captures
ensnarls
entoils
collars
bags
catches up
implicates
mires
embroils
birdlimes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

disengages
disentangles
frees
extricates
detaches
liberates
untangles
clears

as in grabs

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly finally trapped the annoying fly in the palm of his hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

grabs
catches
snares
lands
nets
snatches
captures
hooks
seizes
bags
snags
collars
gets
corrals
raps
grapples
clutches
nails
nabs
cops
ropes
nobbles
gloves
gloms
arrests
grips
holds
corners
grasps
lassos
entraps
snaps (up)
takes hold (of)
halters
bays
fists
meshes
apprehends
ensnares
kidnaps
clasps
secures
enmeshes
detains
abducts
entangles
rends
immeshes
latches (on or onto)
wrests
fastens (on)
spirits (away or off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

misses
releases
frees
discharges
liberates
drops
loosens
unhands

单词	traps
释义	traps plural noun ˈtraps : personal belongings : luggage Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Program exercises that target your mid to lower traps three to five times a week. Jenny Mccoy, SELF, 16 Sep. 2022 The organization, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, cited lobster traps as threats to endangered North Atlantic right whales, which can become tangled in the nets. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2022 Scientists often use camouflaged, motion-sensor cameras known as camera traps to study animals that are good at hiding from humans. Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2022 While they may have been created to serve primarily as lead traps, many companies are making webinars a deeper digital experience by creating personalized offers, supplemental content and demos, and live chat features. Lisa Bennett, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Several of the videos posted by Mr. Ossoff, 35, who has moppy brown hair and boyish good looks, have been interpreted by his fans as thirst traps. New York Times, 19 Mar. 2022 The same year that Wilson published his article in Scientific American, a group of insect fanciers installed what are known as malaise traps in several nature reserves in Germany. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021 The first auction in early September included 245 firearms, 35 bows and 87 pieces of miscellaneous equipment such as traps, fishing equipment, lights and tree stands. Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020 Will Kuiper, 24, orchard manager at Kuipers Family Farm in Maple Park, said traps are used to monitor insects on the Kane County farm. Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English trappe caparison — more at trap First Known Use 1813, in the meaning defined above traps 1 of 2 noun plural of trap 1 as in ambushes a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise undercover agents devised a trap to catch the counterfeiters a bear trap Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance ambushes snares nets ruses webs tricks deceptions entanglements entrapments hazards pitfalls snags catches subterfuges envelopments booby traps duplicities artifices ploys cheats land mines enmeshments double-dealings 2 as in ambushments a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait an overland route to the Far East that was once notorious for the many robbers who laid traps for unsuspecting wayfarers Synonyms & Similar Words ambushes ambushments attacks ambuscades snares surprises mousetraps entrapments assaults surprizes sallies charges captures huntings 3 as in snares something that catches and holds the promotion is really just a trap to keep her from taking a new job elsewhere Synonyms & Similar Words snares tangles nets entanglements labyrinths webs mazes meshes toils quicksands nooses quagmires morasses tanglements snarls spiderwebs cobwebs knots cat's cradles 4 as in mouths slang the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal shut your trap before someone belts you one! Synonyms & Similar Words mouths jaws pie holes gobs chops pieholes mugs muzzles kissers faces yaps pusses maws mandibles maxillas visages maxillae countenances gullets traps 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of trap 1 as in tangles to catch or hold as if in a net an ambitious young man who was now trapped in a series of shady business deals Synonyms & Similar Words tangles snares nets entraps meshes ensnares enmeshes immeshes entangles involves captures ensnarls entoils collars bags catches up implicates mires embroils birdlimes Antonyms & Near Antonyms disengages disentangles frees extricates detaches liberates untangles clears See More 2 as in grabs to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly finally trapped the annoying fly in the palm of his hand Synonyms & Similar Words grabs catches snares lands nets snatches captures hooks seizes bags snags collars gets corrals raps grapples clutches nails nabs cops ropes nobbles gloves gloms arrests grips holds corners grasps lassos entraps snaps (up) takes hold (of) halters bays fists meshes apprehends ensnares kidnaps clasps secures enmeshes detains abducts entangles rends immeshes latches (on or onto) wrests fastens (on) spirits (away or off) Antonyms & Near Antonyms misses releases frees discharges liberates drops loosens unhands See More
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traps

plural noun

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