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snag

(sn/&/g )

a sharp protuberance(noun.shape)

source: wordnet30
a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest(noun.plant)

Example:
A snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds.

source: wordnet30
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart(noun.object)

Example:
She had snags in her stockings.

Synonym:
rent, rip, split, tear

source: wordnet30
an unforeseen obstacle(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
hang-up, hitch, rub

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

catch on a snag(verb.contact)

Example:
I snagged my stocking.

source: wordnet30
get by acting quickly and smartly(verb.possession)

Example:
Snag a bargain.

source: wordnet30
hew jaggedly(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.(verb)

source: webster1913

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