/træp/
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
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.
Used in
Grammar articles
(21)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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