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 Definitions for snag: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Snag \Snag\, n. [Prov. E., n., a lump on a tree where a branch
has been cut off; v., to cut off the twigs and small branches
from a tree, of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. snaigh, snaidh, to
cut down, to prune, to sharpen, p. p. snaighte, snaidhte, cut
off, lopped, Ir. snaigh a hewing, cutting.]
1. 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.
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The coat of arms
Now on a naked snag in triumph borne. --Dryden.
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2. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a
broken or decayed tooth. --Prior.
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3. 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.
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4. (Zool.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
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Snag boat, a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing
snags and other obstructions in navigable streams. [U.S.]
Snag tooth. Same as Snag, 2.
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How thy snag teeth stand orderly,
Like stakes which strut by the water side. --J.
Cotgrave.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Snag \Snag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snagged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snagging.]
1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree;
to hew roughly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a
snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [U. S.]
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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snag
n 1: a sharp protuberance
2: a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an
undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat
for insects and birds"
3: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn:
rip, rent, split, tear]
4: an unforeseen obstacle [syn: {hang-up}, hitch, rub]
v 1: catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"
2: get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain"
3: hew jaggedly
[also: snagging, snagged]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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156 Moby Thesaurus words for "snag":
baby tooth, bag, bar, bicuspid, blemish, block, blockade,
bottleneck, brake, bucktooth, bug, canine, catch, clog, cog, comb,
complication, coral heads, cordon, crack, crag, crimp, crown, crux,
curb, curtain, cuspid, cutter, deciduous tooth, defect, defection,
deficiency, dent, denticle, denticulation, dentil, dentition,
determent, deterrent, difficulty, dogtooth, drag, drawback, enmesh,
ensnare, entangle, entrap, eyetooth, failing, failure, fang, fault,
faute, flaw, foible, fore tooth, foul, frailty, gagtooth,
gang tooth, gold tooth, grinder, hamper, hang-up, harpoon, harrow,
hazard, hindrance, hitch, hold-up, hole, hook, hurdle, impediment,
imperfection, inadequacy, incisor, infirmity, ironbound coast, jag,
joker, kink, land, lasso, ledges, lee shore, little problem, mesh,
milk tooth, molar, nail, net, noose, objection, obstacle,
obstruction, obstructive, one small difficulty, peak, pecten, peg,
permanent tooth, pinch, pitfall, pivot tooth, premolar, problem,
projection, quicksands, rake, ratchet, rift, rip, rockbound coast,
rocks, rope, rub, sack, sandbank, sandbar, sands, sawtooth,
scrivello, shallows, shoals, shortcoming, snaggle, snaggletooth,
snare, sniggle, something missing, spear, spire, sprocket, spur,
steeple, stricture, stumbling block, stumbling stone, taint, take,
tangle, tangle up with, tear, tooth, trap, traverse, tush, tusk,
undercurrent, undertow, vulnerable place, weak link, weak point,
weakness, wisdom tooth
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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snag
bug
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