Trapped Trap Træp Place I Catch Verb Bre

• help! i'm trapped!
• they were trapped in the burning building.
• we became trapped by the rising floodwater.
• he was trapped in an unhappy marriage.

trap

1. to keep somebody in a dangerous place or bad situation that they want to get out of but cannot
• Help! I'm trapped!
• They were trapped in the burning building.
• We became trapped by the rising floodwater.
• He was trapped in an unhappy marriage.
• I feel trapped in my job.
2. to have part of your body, your clothing, etc. held in a place so tightly that you cannot remove it and it may be injured or damaged
• I trapped my coat in the car door.
• The pain was caused by a trapped nerve.
3. to catch or keep something in a place and prevent it from escaping, especially so that you can use it
• Solar panels trap energy from the sun.
4. to force somebody/something into a place or situation that they cannot escape from, especially in order to catch them
• The escaped prisoners were eventually trapped in an underground garage and recaptured.
• Police believe the fingerprints could help trap the killer.
5. to catch an animal in a trap
• Raccoons used to be trapped for their fur.
6. to trick somebody into something
• He felt he had been trapped into accepting the terms of the contract.
• The police managed to trap him into revealing his true identity.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they trap
• he / she / it traps
• past simple trapped
• past participle trapped
• -ing form trapping

Word Origin

• Old English træppe (in coltetræppe ‘Christ's thorn’); related to Middle Dutch trappe and medieval Latin trappa, of uncertain origin. The verb dates from late Middle English.