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TRAPPED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trapped mean?
• TRAPPED (adjective)
The adjective TRAPPED has 1 sense:
1. forced to turn and face attackers
Familiarity information: TRAPPED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Forced to turn and face attackers
Synonyms:
at bay; cornered; trapped; treed
Context example:
like a trapped animal
Similar:
unfree (hampered and not free; not able to act at will)
Context examples
Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) Emotional Well-Being: I feel trapped by my condition.
(FAMS - Feel Trapped by My Condition, NCI Thesaurus)
That suggests the creature may have been alive when trapped.
(Dinosaur Tail Found in Myanmar, VOA News)
You cursed fools, you are trapped, every one of you!
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This allele, which encodes Krev interaction trapped protein 1, may play a role in integrin signaling modulation.
(KRIT1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
These were trapped by the Indians for the purpose, and a fight between White Fang and a wolf was always sure to draw a crowd.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
They noticed two distinct effects: GAGs directly increased a chemical needed to grow new blood vessels, and also trapped low-density lipoprotein (LDL) molecules.
(New Hope for Stopping An Understudied Heart Disease in Its Tracks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Models predict that an accretion disk forms when ample amounts of gas are trapped by a black hole’s strong gravitational pull.
(Hubble Uncovers Black Hole Disk that Shouldn't Exist, NASA)
It’s possible that the methane is trapped inside other ice, making it more likely to stick around.
(NASA Telescope Studies Quirky Comet 45P, NASA)
“If there are no openings near the ceiling of a room, warm indoor air can become trapped near the ceiling and wind is not effective at removing the trapped air.”
(Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally, University of Cambridge)
A solution common to both groups is to release carbon dioxide gas trapped in the Martian surface to thicken the atmosphere and act as a blanket to warm the planet.
(Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology, NASA)
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