trap

ot noun

1. 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. I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.
2. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare. Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.
3. A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor. Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.
4. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object. They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.

fe’l verb

1. To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap. to trap foxes
2. To provide with a trap. to trap a drain
3. To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game trap for beaver
4. To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.