"ensnare" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɛnˈsnɛə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪn-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛnˈsnɛ(ə)ɹ/ [General-American], /ɪn-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ensnare.wav Forms: ensnares [present, singular, third-person], ensnaring [participle, present], ensnared [participle, past], ensnared [past]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From en- + snare. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|snare}} en- + snare Head templates: {{en-verb}} ensnare (third-person singular simple present ensnares, present participle ensnaring, simple past and past participle ensnared)
  1. To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap. Translations (to snare, to catch through a snare or trap): παγιδεύω (pagideúō) (Ancient Greek), впримчвам (vprimčvam) (Bulgarian), chytit do pasti (Czech), vangen (Dutch), strikken (Dutch), piéger (French), fangen (German), einfangen (German), tőrbe csal (Hungarian), intrappolare (Italian), illaqueō (Latin), reti (Maori), tāhere (Maori), pōtari (Maori), āhere (Maori), rore (Maori), tāwhiti (Maori), toromāhanga (Maori), raraka (Maori), tārore (Maori), tari (Maori), snaren (Middle English), engodar – [verb] (Portuguese), ademeni (Romanian), a prinde în capcană (Romanian), поймать (pojmatʹ) (alt: в ловушку (lovušku)) (Russian), rib (Scottish Gaelic), atrapar (Spanish), snärja (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ensnare-en-verb-7DzrvEjj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'to snare, to catch through a snare or trap': 95 5
  2. To entangle; to enmesh. Translations (to entangle): verwikkelen (Dutch), verstrikken (Dutch), empêtrer (French), verwickeln [reflexive] (German), verheddern [reflexive] (German), verstricken [reflexive] (German), illaqueō (Latin), raraka (Maori), (Maori), porowhiwhiwhiwhi (Maori), porowhīwhiwhi (Maori), hīrau (Maori), takawhiwhi (Maori), tākeke (Maori), ārau (Maori), tāweka (Maori), emaranhar – [verb] (Portuguese), enredar (Portuguese), запутать (zaputatʹ) (Russian), enmarañar (Spanish), enredar (Spanish), snärja (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ensnare-en-verb-xSl96ILO Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'to entangle': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: insnare Related terms: snare

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "ensnared",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ensnared",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "en‧snare"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "snare"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 160, lines 1289–1292:",
          "text": "Let theſe / Inſnare the vvretched in the toils of lavv, / Fomenting diſcord, and perplexing right, / An iron race!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1887, Æsop, translated by George Fyler Townsend, Three Hundred Æsop's Fables:",
          "text": "The Geese and the Cranes fed in the same meadow. A birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown and 250d-e, Sophist:",
          "text": "When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entrap",
          "entrap"
        ],
        [
          "snare",
          "snare"
        ],
        [
          "trap",
          "trap"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:",
          "text": "But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To entangle; to enmesh."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entangle",
          "entangle"
        ],
        [
          "enmesh",
          "enmesh"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˈsnɛə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪn-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˈsnɛ(ə)ɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪn-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "insnare"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vprimčvam",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "впримчвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "chytit do pasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "vangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "strikken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "piéger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "fangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "einfangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pagideúō",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "παγιδεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "tőrbe csal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "intrappolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "illaqueō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "reti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "tāhere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "pōtari"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "āhere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "rore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "tāwhiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "toromāhanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "raraka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "tārore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "tari"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "snaren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "engodar –"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "ademeni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "a prinde în capcană"
    },
    {
      "alt": "в ловушку (lovušku)",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pojmatʹ",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "поймать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "rib"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "atrapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to snare, to catch through a snare or trap",
      "word": "snärja"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "verwikkelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "verstrikken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "empêtrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "verwickeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "verheddern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "verstricken"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "illaqueō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "raraka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "tā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "porowhiwhiwhiwhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "porowhīwhiwhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "hīrau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "takawhiwhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "tākeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "ārau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "tāweka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "emaranhar –"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "enredar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaputatʹ",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "запутать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "enmarañar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "enredar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to entangle",
      "word": "snärja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ensnare"
}

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