birdliming

verb

present participle of birdlime
as in capturing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birdliming
  1. capturing
  2. trapping
  3. collaring
  4. entrapping
  5. catching up
  6. meshing
Verb
  • The 30-minute video posted by Pfister of the Zimmerman’s Meat Market incident from earlier this year shows him, his wife, Pam, and another man holding their cameras to the deli’s front window, capturing what was visible inside.
    — Kyung Lah, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • The United States seized control of Venezuela’s oil revenues after capturing President Nicolás Maduro in a military raid in January and securing the cooperation of vice president Delcy Rodríguez.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
Definition of capturing
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  • Heat domes are sprawling areas of strong high pressure that act like a lid on the atmosphere, trapping heat underneath and squelching clouds and precipitation with their sinking air, resulting in thousands of excess deaths in Europe alone.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • On Wednesday, July 22, Abdoulaye Dieng died from asphyxiation after trapping his head between a mirror and an iron bar at the Luz do Brás daycare center in São Paulo, Brazilian outlets O Globo and G1 reported.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Definition of trapping
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  • At least one wolf died during a collaring operation, according to previous Bee reporting.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • The collaring project aims to give insight into pup survival, and causes and rates of mortality.
    — Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Definition of collaring
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  • Another one of the Tates’ lawyers filed a claim on Fisher’s behalf, accusing Hadley of entrapping him.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • This might not be a circumstance where the AI would shine in aiding the mental health of the user (or, on the other side of the coin, deluding them and entrapping them).
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of entrapping
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  • Adoption is widespread, but the operational foundations needed to manage it are still catching up.
    — Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Here’s the news worth catching up on for Thursday, July 16, 2026.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 16 July 2026
Definition of catching up
Verb
  • The hope is to spend the next few weeks of the offseason camp meshing those skills and personalities.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
  • The team is developing a more competitive package, the big and small details are coming together, and the people are meshing.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of meshing
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