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trapped

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trap \Trap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Trapping}.] [Akin to OE. trappe trappings, and perhaps from
   an Old French word of the same origin as E. drab a kind of
   cloth.]
   To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of
   horses.

         Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering.
                                                  --Chaucer.

         To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed.
                                                  --Spenser.

         There she found her palfrey trapped In purple blazoned
         with armorial gold.                      --Tennyson.

Source : WordNet®

trap
     n 1: a device in which something (usually an animal) can be
          caught and penned
     2: drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that
        holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
     3: something (often something deceptively attractive) that
        catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap
        questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion" [syn: {snare}]
     4: a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
     5: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack
        by surprise [syn: {ambush}, {ambuscade}, {lying in wait}]
     6: informal terms for the mouth [syn: {cakehole}, {hole}, {maw},
         {yap}, {gob}]
     7: a light two-wheeled carriage
     8: a hazard on a golf course [syn: {bunker}, {sand trap}]
     [also: {trapping}, {trapped}]

trap
     v 1: place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was
          trapped in a difficult situation"
     2: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: {entrap},
         {snare}, {ensnare}, {trammel}]
     3: hold or catch as if in a trap; "The gaps between the teeth
        trap food particles"
     4: to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned
        under the fallen tree" [syn: {pin}, {immobilize}, {immobilise}]
     [also: {trapping}, {trapped}]

trapped
     adj : forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had
           me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a
           trapped animal" [syn: {at bay(p)}, {cornered}, {treed}]

trapped
     See {trap}
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