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# ensnare

verb (ensnare, ensnares, ensnared, ensnaring)

«ensnare» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To ensnare an animal is to catch it in a snare or trap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ensnare/#m1)
2. To ensnare a person is to trick them into a bad situation they cannot easily get out of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ensnare/#m2)

### In the lessons

Stories and nature books (spiders ensnare flies, hunters ensnare rabbits); online safety (scammers try to ensnare people). Phrases: ensnared in, ensnared by.

### Examples

- The spider's web ensnared a fly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ensnare/#x1)
- The rabbit was ensnared by a wire trap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ensnare/#x2)
- Scammers try to ensnare people with fake prizes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ensnare/#x3)
- The hero was ensnared by the villain's lies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ensnare/#x4)
- The net ensnared the fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ensnare/#x5)
- The sticky plant ensnares insects. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ensnare/#x6)
- THE GEESE and the Cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when a birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ensnare/#x7)

### Note

Similar: trap, catch, entrap. Snare is a wire noose trap; also a snare drum (different meaning). Formal-literary word.

## In Jewish tradition

Stories and nature books (spiders ensnare flies, hunters ensnare rabbits); online safety (scammers try to ensnare people). Phrases: ensnared in, ensnared by.

### Examples

- That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people. (Writings JOB.34.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#x1)
- His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. (Writings PRO.5.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/#x2)

### Note

Similar: trap, catch, entrap. Snare is a wire noose trap; also a snare drum (different meaning). Formal-literary word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ensnare» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ensnare/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ensnare» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ensnare.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ensnare» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ensnare/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ensnare» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ensnare.html) on Mova free.