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Verb
/trap/,
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traps, plural;
  1. Put trappings on (a horse, etc.)
    • - gaily trapped mules
Noun
  1. Basalt or a similar dark, fine-grained igneous rock


  1. a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
  2. place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"
  3. catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
  4. drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
  5. something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"
  6. a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
  7. Trap is the second studio album of the Belgian rock band Dead Man Ray. It was released in 2000.
  8. A trap, pony trap or horse trap is a light, often sporty, two-wheeled or sometimes four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, accommodating usually two to four persons in various seating arrangements, such as face-to-face or back-to-back.
  9. In computing and operating systems, a trap is a type of synchronous interrupt typically caused by an exceptional condition (e.g. division by zero or invalid memory access) in a user process. ...
  10. The neutral zone trap (often referred to as simply the trap) is a defensive strategy used in ice hockey to prevent an opposing team from proceeding through the neutral zone (the area between the blue lines) to force turnovers. ...
  11. Trap is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author Peter Mathers.
  12. In plumbing, a trap is a U-, S-, or J-shaped pipe located below or within a plumbing fixture. An S-shaped trap is also known as the S-bend invented by Alexander Cummings in 1775 but this was subsequently replaced with the "U-bend" following the introduction of the U-shaped trap by Thomas ...
  13. 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 ...
  14. (trapped) caught in a trap
  15. (trapping) An instance of ensnaring something or someone
  16. (Trapping) The overlapping of one color over a different, adjacent color to ensure that no white space is visible where the two colors meet, especially when there are slight variations in the registration of the two colors during the printing process. ...
  17. (Trapping) The process of creating an overlap between abutting colors to compensate for imprecisions in the printing press.
  18. (Trapping) In printing, the ability to print a wet ink film over previously printed ink; dry trapping is printing wet ink over dry ink; wet trapping is printing wet ink over previously printed wet ink; in prepress, refers to how much overprinting colors overlap to eliminate white lines between ...
  19. (trapping) In screen printing, to overlap one color on another. Trapping may result in the creation of a third color in the overlap area, or,if opaque inks are used, the edge of the first color may be hidden for purposes of registration. (See also bleed.)
  20. (Trapping) A slight overlapping between two touching colours that prevents gaps from appearing along the edges of an object because of misalignment or movement on the printing press.
  21. (Trapping) The ability to print one ink over the other.
  22. (Trapping) The overlapping of various colours in a design to prevent their separating and not touching as a result of registration variables during printing. ...
  23. (Trapping) Any action that is designed to catch a neutral weapon to prevent it from escaping
  24. (Trapping) The deliberate overlap of adjacent colors to minimize the effects of misregistration of printed materials.
  25. Trapping is accomplished by intentionally overlapping colors so that minor problems with alignment are not noticed.