| VERB | contact | snag | catch on a snag |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | snag | get by acting quickly and smartly / smartly | |
| contact | snag | hew jaggedly | |
| NOUN | shape | snag | a sharp protuberance |
| plant | snag | a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest / forest | |
| object | snag, rip, rent, split, tear | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | |
| cognition | snag, hang-up, hitch, rub | an unforeseen obstacle |
| Sounds | snae'g | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Ag ... zigzag: 32 rhymes with aeg... | |
| Meaning | A sharp protuberance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
| Spanish | resalto | |
| Verbs | snag | catch on a snag |
| snag | hew jaggedly | |
| Meaning | A dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest / forest. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds" | |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
| Meaning | An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "she had snags in her stockings" | |
| Synonyms | rip, rent, split, tear | |
| Broader | opening, gap | An open or empty space in or between things |
| Spanish | desgarrón, rasgadura, rasgón | |
| Catalan | esquinç, estrip | |
| Meaning | An unforeseen obstacle. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | hang-up, hitch, rub | |
| Broader | obstacle, obstruction | Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted |
| Spanish | complicación, dificultad, impedimento, obstáculo, pega, problema, tropiezo | |
| Catalan | complicació, dificultat, entrebanc, impediment, pega | |
| Meaning | catch on a snag. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "I snagged my stocking" | |
| Broader | hitch, catch | To hook or entangle |
| Spanish | enredarse | |
| Nouns | snag | a sharp protuberance |
| Meaning | Get by acting quickly and smartly / smartly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "snag a bargain" | |
| Broader | obtain | Come into possession of |
| Spanish | enganchar, pillar | |
| Meaning | hew jaggedly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | hew | strike with an axe |
| Spanish | cortar irregularmente | |
| Nouns | snag | a sharp protuberance |
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