birdlimes

verb

present tense third-person singular of birdlime
as in captures

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdlimes
  1. captures
  2. meshes
  3. traps
  4. bags
  5. enmeshes
  6. entraps
  7. nets
  8. collars
Verb
  • Our Featured Artist Joost Stokhof captures his surroundings in spontaneous lines.
    — New York Times Games, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The optical assembly designed to record the distributions of iron ions in the corona is outfitted with astrocameras, each of which captures spectra from a different ionic species.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of captures
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  • Gold jewelry, from huggie earrings to necklace strands, also meshes exceptionally well with dark cherry clothing.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Was the business intended to scale or be a lifestyle business that meshes seamlessly with family life?
    — Catherine Shanahan, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of meshes
Verb
  • When a frozen body appears, and a snowstorm traps everyone inside, the deaths begin to mount.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
  • This traps the carbon dioxide naturally, creating small bubbles that last longer, called the mousse.
    — Bianca Lambert, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of traps
Verb
  • Pieces spotlighted in the campaign imagery include the Starlet, Gucci duffel and GG Marmont bags, along with the Paparazzo in supple suede calfskin.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Sierra closed his eyes when Rifkin brought the evidence bags up to his attorneys.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of bags
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  • Richie completely enmeshes the success of the restaurant with his personal identity and happiness.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Ahmed, who created the show, enmeshes his character in a Pakistani British context—and a Bondian conspiracy.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of enmeshes
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  • This superb thriller about an obsessed fan (Kathy Bates) who rescues, and then entraps, a best-selling author (James Caan) still stands as an edge-of-your-seat experience.
    — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Definition of entraps
Verb
  • Topping off the buds for 10 minutes nets you about two hours of playback time, which is nice.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Wideout Cam Coleman has been good when called upon, but 17 catches in five games nets him a C, given his enormous price tag.
    — Sports Columnist, Austin American Statesman, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of nets
Verb
  • The researchers analyzed data from 503 camera traps and 59 GPS collars tracking pumas’ presence in Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula between 2020 and 2025.
    — Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
  • One shop sold starched paper shirt collars still, and the buttons needed to attach them, and arm garters too for the full get up.
    — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
Definition of collars
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