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Snaked vs Snared - What's the difference?

snaked | snared |

As verbs the difference between snaked and snared

is that snaked is past tense of snake while snared is past tense of snare.

snaked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (snake)

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    snake

    English

    (wikipedia snake)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.
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  • A treacherous person.
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  • A tool for unclogging plumbing.
  • A tool to aid cable pulling.
  • (slang) A trouser snake; the penis.

    • Synonyms

    * (reptile) joe blake, serpent * (plumbing tool) auger, plumber's snake * (tool for cable pulling) wirepuller

    Derived terms

    * snakebite * snake in the grass * snake oil

    Verb

    (snak)
  • To follow or move in a winding route.
    • The path snaked through the forest.
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    The river snakes through the valley.
  • (transitive, Australia, slang) To steal slyly.
    • He snaked my DVD!
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  • To clean using a plumbing snake.
  • (US, informal) To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; often with out .
    • (Bartlett)
  • (nautical) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.

    • Synonyms

    * (move in a winding path) slither, wind

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    snared

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (snare)

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    snare

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather.
  • (rare) A mental or psychological trap; usually in the phrase a snare and a delusion .
  • * Shakespeare
    • If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, / Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee.
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    • ...and I had now lived two years under this uneasiness, which, indeed, made my life much less comfortable than it was before, as may be well imagined by any who know what it is to live in the constant snare of the fear of man.
  • (veterinary) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
  • (music) A set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum to create a rattling sound.
  • (music) A snare drum.

    • Verb

    (snar)
  • to catch or hold, especially with a loop.
  • * Milton
    • Lest that too heavenly form snare them.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The mournful crocodile / With sorrow snares relenting passengers.

    Related terms

    * ensnare * snare drum

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