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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

What's the word?

to describe the act of putting a cup or other objects around a crawling insect so that they cannot escape.

I was thinking of to trap, but I wasn't sure if that's the best usage.

Hurry and ___ the spider with a cup!

Thanks a million!
  

Top answer

"Trap" will work just fine. Hurry and trap the spider with a cup!

— Stephenmatlock

  • "Trap" will work just fine.
  • Hurry and trap the spider with a cup!
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"Trap" will work just fine.

Hurry and trap the spider with a cup!
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When I hear trap, I think of to set a trap. My inclination here would be to use capture.
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"Trap" is more colloquial, and in this context I think it is appropriate. "Capture" is not how you'd say this if you were scared of a spider and wanted it kept away from you.

Hurry, trap that spider! is, to me, preferred over Hurry, capture that spider!
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