Kilo Lingo

/træp/

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Translation

A thing made to catch an animal or a person who does not see it coming.

Word origin

From Old English treppe, a snare set to catch animals.

Origin
Old English
Root
treppe

Grammar

Gender
Pluraltraps

Examples

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"Trap" here is a thing that catches an animal.

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"Out of the trap" means free from it.

trapped .

"Trap" is also a verb, and "trapped" is its past form.

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