Snag

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  • noun. A rough, sharp, or jagged protuberance, as.
  • noun. A dead or partly dead tree that is still standing.
  • noun. A tree or a part of a tree that is sunken in or protrudes above a body of water and is a danger to navigation.
  • noun. A snaggletooth.
  • noun. A short or imperfectly developed branch of a deer's antler.
  • noun. A break, pull, or tear in fabric.
  • noun. An unforeseen or hidden obstacle or difficulty.
  • intransitive verb. To tear, break, hinder, or destroy by or as if by a snag.
  • intransitive verb. To catch or obtain quickly or unexpectedly.
  • intransitive verb. To free of snags.
  • intransitive verb. To catch (a fish), especially by hooking in a place other than its mouth.
  • intransitive verb. To be damaged by a snag.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To trim by lopping branches; cut the branches, knots, or protuberances from, as the stem of a tree.
  • To catch or run upon a snag: as, to snag a fish-hook; to snag, a steamboat.
  • Figuratively, to entangle; embarrass; bring to a standstill.
  • To fill with snags; act as a snag to.
  • To clear of snags.
  • noun. A snail.
  • noun. A sharp protuberance; a projecting point; a jag.
  • noun. Specifically A short projecting stump, stub, or branch; the stubby base of a broken or cut-off branch or twig; a jagged branch separate from the tree.
  • noun. A tree, or part of a tree, lying in the water with its branches at or near the surface, so as to be dangerous to navigation.
  • noun. Hence A hidden danger or obstacle; an unsuspected source or occasion of error or mistake; a stnmbling-block.
  • noun. 5. A snag-tooth.
  • noun. The fang or root of a tooth.
  • noun. A branch or tine on the antler of a deer; a point. See cut under antler.
  • noun. plural The fruit of the snag-bush.
  • noun. In mech., a lug, or projection from a surface, through which there is a hole to receive a bolt or pin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
  • transitive verb. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
  • noun. 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. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. One of the secondary branches of an antler.
  • noun. a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing snags and other obstructions in navigable streams.
  • noun. Same as Snag, 2.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
  • noun. A light meal.
  • noun. 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. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; a broken or decayed tooth.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A problem or difficulty with something.
  • noun. A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
  • noun. One of the secondary branches of an antler.
  • verb. To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
  • verb. To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
  • verb. To obtain or pick up (something).
  • verb. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
  • verb. hew jaggedly
  • verb. get by acting quickly and smartly
  • Word Usage
    "The snag is that such a drug would also affect other areas of autonomic nerve control, such as tear and saliva production, eye muscles, digestive system, heart rate, bladder and bowel function."
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    Ag  Bragg  ag  bag  bagge  
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    baby tooth  bag  banger  bar  bicuspid  
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    snagged  snagging  
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    snagged  snagging  snags