Trap
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes. To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe. To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver. To leave suddenly, to flee. To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: 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. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense. A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball; the game of trapball itself. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object. 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 want of an outlet. A light two-wheeled carriage with springs. A kind of movable stepladder. A persons' mouth. (plural) belongings A transvestite, a man that one engages in a relationship with, believing him to be a woman. An exception generated by the processor. A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush. A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
Example sentence: A true nature is a gloomy monolith, sort of like that old black rotary phone that I had to sing 'Happy Birthday' to Grandpa on. But novelists, damn us, still need true natures - so we can give them to our protagonists. And so readers can vaguely predict how they'll behave when we trap them in 'situations' that they can't IM their way out of.
Entrap
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To catch something in a trap or snare.To lure someone, either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.