A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body

• We should set a trap.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

• This is not a trap.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare

A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.; A (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or map servicesrare

A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.; Someone with male-typical anatomy who passes as femalerare

A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.; A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko, josourare

An exception generated by the processor or by an external eventrare

Any device used to hold and suddenly release an objectrare

Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.; A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoorrare

Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.; A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairsrare

A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.; A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outletrare

To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap

• We are trapped at the airport.

  Tatoeba · Eccles17 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Tom realized he was trapped.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap

To provide with a traprare

To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping