snag

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a sharp protuberance
• Hypernyms:
bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity,
gibbosity, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion,
extrusion, excrescence
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
• Hypernyms:
tree
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
• Derivationally related forms:
tear (for: tear), split (for: split), rip (for: rip)
• Hypernyms:
opening, gap
4. an unforeseen obstacle
• Syn:
hang-up, hitch, rub
• Hypernyms:
obstacle, obstruction

II - verb

1. catch on a snag (Freq. 2)
- I snagged my stocking
• Hypernyms:
hitch, catch
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. get by acting quickly and smartly
- snag a bargain
• Hypernyms:
obtain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. hew jaggedly
• Hypernyms:
hew
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hang-up, hitch, rub, rip, rent, split, tear