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Meaning of snag

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}, {snag}, {split}, {tear}]
      4: an unforeseen obstacle [syn: {hang-up}, {hitch}, {rub},
         {snag}]
      v 1: catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"
      2: get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain"
      3: hew jaggedly

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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