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SNAG

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Irregular inflected forms: snagged    , snagging   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unforeseen obstacle

Synonyms:

hang-up; hitch; rub; snag

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("snag" is a kind of...):

obstacle; obstruction (something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

Example:

she had snags in her stockings

Synonyms:

rent; rip; snag; split; tear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("snag" is a kind of...):

gap; opening (an open or empty space in or between things)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest

Example:

a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("snag" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A sharp protuberance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("snag" is a kind of...):

bulge; bump; excrescence; extrusion; gibbosity; gibbousness; hump; jut; prominence; protrusion; protuberance; swelling (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)

Derivation:

snag (hew jaggedly)

snag (catch on a snag)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hew jaggedly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "snag" is one way to...):

hew (strike with an axe; cut down, strike)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

snag (a sharp protuberance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Catch on a snag

Example:

I snagged my stocking

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "snag" is one way to...):

catch; hitch (to hook or entangle)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

snag (a sharp protuberance)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Get by acting quickly and smartly

Example:

snag a bargain

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "snag" is one way to...):

obtain (come into possession of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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