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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.
- 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.
- 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]
Meaning (1):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • she had snags in her stockings;
  • there was a rip in his pants
3 . snag [ v]
Meaning (3):
- catch on a snag
Example in sentence:
  • I snagged my stocking
Meaning (4):
- get by acting quickly and smartly
Example in sentence:
  • snag a bargain

Nearby Words:

snack snacket snacot snaffle snaffled snaffling snagged snagging snaggy snail

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