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What is the difference between snare and hay?

snare | hay |

As nouns the difference between snare and hay

is that snare is a trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather while hay is (uncountable) grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder or hay can be the name of the letter for the h sound in pitman shorthand.

As verbs the difference between snare and hay

is that snare is to catch or hold, especially with a loop while hay is to cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.

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.
  • * 1719 ,
    • ...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

    Anagrams

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    hay

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
  • * Camden
    • Make hay while the sun shines.
  • * C. L. Flint
    • Hay may be dried too much as well as too little.
  • (countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
  • (slang) Cannabis; marijuana.
  • * 1947 , William Burroughs, letter, 19 Feb 1947:
    • I would like some of that hay . Enclose $20.
  • A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
    • (Rowe)
  • (obsolete) A hedge.
  • (obsolete) A circular country dance.
    • to dance the hay
    Derived terms
    * hay fever * hayloft, hay loft * haystack * hayward * hit the hay * make hay while the sun shines
    External links
    * (wikipedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
  • To lay snares for rabbits.
    • (Huloet)

    Related terms

    * bale * straw

    References

    Webster's Online Dictionary article on hay

    Etymology 2

    : From the sound it represents, by analogy with other letters such as kay'' and ''gay''. The expected form in English if the ''h'' had survived in the Latin name of the letter "h", ''h? .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.
    • Related terms
    * aitch, the name of the Latin letter for this sound

    Anagrams

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