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snare | x |

As a noun snare

is a trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather.

As a verb snare

is to catch or hold, especially with a loop.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----