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snag
(snăg)n.
1. A rough, sharp, or jagged protuberance, as:
a. A dead or partly dead tree that is still standing.
b. A tree or a part of a tree that is sunken in or protrudes above a body of water and is a danger to navigation.
c. A snaggletooth.
d. A short or imperfectly developed branch of a deer's antler.
2. A break, pull, or tear in fabric.
3. An unforeseen or hidden obstacle or difficulty: Our plans for the party have hit a snag.
v. snagged, snag·ging, snags
v.tr.
1. To tear, break, hinder, or destroy by or as if by a snag: snagged a stocking on a splinter.
2. Informal To catch or obtain quickly or unexpectedly: snagged a ground ball; snagged a bargain.
3. To free of snags: snagged the river.
4. To catch (a fish), especially by hooking in a place other than its mouth.
v.intr.
To be damaged by a snag: His sweater snagged on a tree branch.
[Of Scandinavian origin.]
snag′gy adj.
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snag
(snæɡ)n
1. a difficulty or disadvantage: the snag is that I have nothing suitable to wear.
2. a sharp protuberance, such as a tree stump
3. (Textiles) a small loop or hole in a fabric caused by a sharp object
4. (Mechanical Engineering) engineering a projection that brings to a stop a sliding or rotating component
5. (Nautical Terms) chiefly US and Canadian a tree stump in a riverbed that is dangerous to navigation
6. (Forestry) US and Canadian a standing dead tree, esp one used as a perch by an eagle
7. (Cookery) (plural) slang Austral sausages
vb, snags, snagging or snagged
8. (tr) to hinder or impede
9. (Textiles) (tr) to tear or catch (fabric)
10. (intr) to develop a snag
11. (Nautical Terms) (intr) chiefly US and Canadian (of a boat) to strike or be damaged by a snag
12. (Nautical Terms) (tr) chiefly US and Canadian to clear (a stretch of water) of snags
13. (tr) US to seize (an opportunity, benefit, etc)
[C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse snaghyrndr sharp-pointed, Norwegian snage spike, Icelandic snagi peg]
ˈsnagˌlike adj
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snag
(snæg)n., v. snagged, snag•ging. n.
1. a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
2. a short, projecting stump, as of a branch broken off.
3. any sharp or rough projection.
4. a hole, tear, pull, or run in a fabric, as caused by catching on a sharp projection.
5. any obstacle or impediment.
v.t. 7. to run or catch up on a snag.
8. to damage by so doing.
9. to obstruct or impede, as a snag does.
10. to grab; seize.
v.i. 11. to become entangled with some obstacle.
12. to become tangled, as twine or hair.
13. (of a boat) to strike a snag.
14. to form a snag.
[1570–80; < Old Norse snagi point, projection]
snag′gy, adj. -gi•er, -gi•est.
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snag
- Literally first meant a stump on a tree trunk or a piece of timber underwater that obstructed navigation.See also related terms for tree trunk.
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snag
Past participle: snagged
Gerund: snagging
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snag
A short stub left behind after incorrect pruning which is prone to disease infection.
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Noun | 1. | snag - a sharp protuberance excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" |
2. | snag - a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds" tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | |
3. | snag - an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" | |
4. | snag - an unforeseen obstacle obstacle, obstruction - something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan" | |
Verb | 1. | snag - catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking" |
2. | snag - get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain" obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" | |
3. | snag - hew jaggedly hew - strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak" |
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snag
noun
1. difficulty, hitch, problem, obstacle, catch, hazard, disadvantage, complication, drawback, inconvenience, downside, stumbling block, the rub A police crackdown hit a snag when villains stole one of their cars.
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snag
noun1. Something that impedes or prevents entry or passage:
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Translations
عائِق، نَقْص، صُعوبَهنُتوء، نَسْل خَيْط
potížpřekážkavytržená nit
lille vanskelighed
buktató
rifasnurîa
さっかけるさびくひっかけるほつれほつれる
ištrauktas siūlasnutrauktas siūlas
aizķeršanāskļūmeuzrauts pavediens
vytrhnutá niť
težava
snag
[snæg]A. N
1. (= difficulty) → inconveniente m, problema m
there's a snag → hay un inconveniente or problema
what's the snag? → ¿cuál es el problema?, ¿qué pega hay? (Sp)
the snag is that → la dificultad es que ...
that's the snag → ahí está el problema
to run into or hit a snag → encontrar inconvenientes, dar con un obstáculo
there's a snag → hay un inconveniente or problema
what's the snag? → ¿cuál es el problema?, ¿qué pega hay? (Sp)
the snag is that → la dificultad es que ...
that's the snag → ahí está el problema
to run into or hit a snag → encontrar inconvenientes, dar con un obstáculo
2. [of tooth] → raigón m
4. (in fabric) → enganchón m
C. VI → engancharse, quedar cogido (on en)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
snag
n
(= hidden difficulty) → Haken m, → Schwierigkeit f; there’s a snag → die Sache hat einen Haken; what’s the snag? → woran liegt es?, was ist das Problem?; to run into or hit a snag → in Schwierigkeiten (acc) → kommen
(in water) → Baumstumpf m → (im Wasser)
vt → sich (dat) → einen Faden ziehen; I snagged my tights → ich habe mir an den Strumpfhosen einen Faden gezogen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
snag
[snæg]1. n (pulled thread) → filo tirato; (difficulty) → intralcio, intoppo
the snag is that ... → il guaio è che....
what's the snag? → qual è il problema?
to run into or hit a snag → incontrare una difficoltà, trovare un intoppo
the snag is that ... → il guaio è che....
what's the snag? → qual è il problema?
to run into or hit a snag → incontrare una difficoltà, trovare un intoppo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
snag
(snӕg) noun1. a difficulty or drawback. We did not realize at first how many snags there were in our plan.
2. a place on a garment where a thread has been torn or pulled out of place.
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