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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

trap in en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Of a pigeon, to enter the loft after returning from a race or training flight.
    • When Corker trapped in Monte put her ring in the hatch of the pigeon clock[.] 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 120:

Forms

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traps in Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
trapped in Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
trapping in Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
trapping in Tense=Past lexicographic