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TRAPPED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Forced to turn and face attackers
Example:
like a trapped animal
Synonyms:
at bay; cornered; trapped; treed
Classified under:
Similar:
unfree (hampered and not free; not able to act at will)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb trap
Context examples:
In order for the ‘plink’ to be significant, the trapped air bubble needs to be close to the bottom of the cavity caused by the drop impact.
(What causes the sound of a dripping tap – and how do you stop it?, University of Cambridge)
The key place to carry out such a transfer would be flaws within the diamond, locations where elements other than carbon are trapped in the diamond's carbon lattice.
(Key Tech for Quantum Communications Offered by Implanting Diamonds with Flaws, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A bruise is a mark on your skin caused by blood trapped under the surface.
(Bruises, NIH)
Once trapped in a gyre, the plastic will break down into microplastics, which may be ingested by sea life.
(Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Growing Rapidly, Study Finds, VOA)
Hydrogen ion in the lumen is trapped by urinary buffers.
(Collecting Duct Acid Secretion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
A molecular interaction in which a small molecule or structure becomes trapped, usually in a larger molecule or structure, due to non-covalent interactions.
(Molecular Entrapment, NCI Thesaurus)
Before he could recover, I was safe out of the corner where he had me trapped, with all the deck to dodge about.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He shifted on past her to the doctor, though the slightest smile curled his lip in appreciation of the way she had trapped him.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The device called FINDER (Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response) uses microwave-radar technology to detect heartbeats of victims trapped in wreckage.
(DHS and NASA Technology Helps Save Four in Nepal Earthquake Disaster, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A hexagonal pattern with a very large surface area, which mimicked the hexagonal organization of a liver lobule, trapped the toxins best.
(3-D gel-nanoparticle device detoxifies blood, NIH)
