BIRDLIME Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

birdlime

verb

Definition of birdlime

as in to trap

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Verb

At least one person reported that the children, ages 12 and 5, were trapped on the second floor of the home, officials said.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
The site was attacked again with a drone on Sunday, as emergency rescuers were searching for people trapped under the rubble, Ukrainian authorities said.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of trap

Verb

Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez dove to his left and stuck his glove out, trying to snare a line drive off the bat of Chicago White Sox third baseman Miguel Vargas.

— Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
The 5-foot-9 Freeman posted up Carter to snare the rock and give Baylor a 9-3 lead before the extra point.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of snare

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The plant went offline soon after being captured by Russia early in the war, but needs power to keep essential cooling systems running.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
Nichols ran tests comparing sounds laid down on 24-track analog tape with those captured by a new 32-track digital unit manufactured by 3M, and found the latter superior.

— Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of capture

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One fascination of this brave book—brave in its disclosures but more so in its demands, its spiritual rigor, and its ardent intellectualism—lies in watching the eloquent, intelligent sufferer steadily entrapping herself.

— James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
How else could that show have ended, the way people were being entrapped, and, certainly, with the dubious legality of it all?

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of entrap

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The process seemed convenient, and the soft food meshed well with our pups' special needs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
The ridged surfaces on the trains’ bumpers — meant to interlock during a collision and prevent one train from climbing onto another — were meshed together.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of mesh

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At the time, Daptone was grieving their star vocalist Sharon Jones and wasn’t officially working with new acts, while the sisters got tangled in a bad deal with another manager.

— Natelegé Whaley, VIBE.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Though dreams are tangled up in our desires, Freud’s royal road to the unconscious is not unlike the road in Lost Highway, and other similar Möbius strip horrors, such as the purgatorial Dead End.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of tangle

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The administration’s war on wind power is also likely to come under scrutiny and may ensnare Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
In addition, consumer devices, including smart TVs and routers, can be secretly ensnared by such proxy services via malware or shady third-party software development kits (SDKs).

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of ensnare

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