lose vs trap

lose

verb
  • To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. 

  • To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer. 

  • To shed (weight). 

  • To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss. 

  • To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons. 

  • To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident. 

  • To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate. 

  • To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of. 

  • To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc). 

  • To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer. 

  • To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend). 

  • To be deprived of access to something. 

  • To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion). 

  • To give or owe (money) after losing a bet. 

  • Of a clock, to run slower than expected. 

trap

verb
  • To leave suddenly, to flee. 

  • To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap. 

  • To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses). 

  • To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it. 

  • To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear. 

  • To provide with a trap. 

  • To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area. 

  • Of a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman. 

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

  • to trap foxes 

  • To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game. 

noun
  • A person's mouth. 

  • An exception generated by the processor or by an external event. 

  • A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor. 

  • A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball. 

  • A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass. 

  • The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp. 

  • A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock. 

  • A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet. 

  • The trapezius muscle. 

  • 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. 

  • Trapshooting. 

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

  • A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir. 

  • A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear. 

  • Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object. 

  • Belongings. 

  • The game of trapball itself. 

  • A cubicle (in a public toilet). 

  • A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold. 

  • 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, josou. 

  • 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 mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush. 

  • An area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime; a ghetto; a hood. 

  • A light two-wheeled carriage with springs. 

  • Someone who is anatomically male but who passes as female. 

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