SNAG
\snˈaɡ], \snˈaɡ], \s_n_ˈa_ɡ]\
Definitions of SNAG
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds"
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a sharp protuberance
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catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"
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get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain"
By Princeton University
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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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A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
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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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One of the secondary branches of an antler.
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To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
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To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
By Oddity Software
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A rough branch broken off short; a jagged stump; a broken tree sticking up from the bottom of a river or lake and dangerous to boats; any sudden obstacle; a broken or decayed tooth.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Abrupt projection; short branch; trunk of a tree fixed at one end to the bottom of a river.
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To catch or tear against a snag.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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