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Meaning of 'snag'
Meaning of 'snag' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Snag 
[ n.]
- A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short
branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance. [ n.]- A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
- A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
- One of the secondary branches of an antler.
2. Snag [ v. t.]
- To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree;
to hew roughly. [ v. t.]- To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
Meaning of 'snag' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. snag [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest
- a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest
Example in sentence:
- a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds
Meaning (2):
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Example in sentence:
- she had snags in her stockings;
- there was a rip in his pants
2. snag [ v]
[ v]Meaning (3):
- catch on a snag
- catch on a snag
Example in sentence:
- I snagged my stocking
Meaning (4):
- get by acting quickly and smartly
- get by acting quickly and smartly
Example in sentence:
- snag a bargain
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