| 1. snare, trap, noose
1) of snares in which birds are entangled and caught 1a1. implies unexpectedly, suddenly, because birds and beasts are caught unawares 2) a snare, i.e. whatever brings peril, loss, destruction 1b1. of a sudden and unexpected deadly peril 1b2. of the allurements and seductions of sin 1b3. the allurements to sin by which the devil holds one bound 1b4. the snares of love |