English dictionary

snag

/sn/&/g/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a sharp protuberance

noun.shape

Source: WordNet 3.0
a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest

noun.plant

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

Source: WordNet 3.0
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

noun.object

Examples
She had snags in her stockings.

Synonyms rent rip split tear

Source: WordNet 3.0
an unforeseen obstacle

noun.cognition

Synonyms hang-up hitch rub

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

Examples
I snagged my stocking.

Source: WordNet 3.0
get by acting quickly and smartly

verb.possession

Examples
Snag a bargain.

Source: WordNet 3.0
hew jaggedly

verb.contact

Source: WordNet 3.0
To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.

verb

Source: webster1913