snag
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a sharp protuberance
Types & categories
- extrusion hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
catch on a snag
I snagged my stocking
Types & categories
- hitch hypernym
Related & opposite
- snag derivation
Sense 3 noun
a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest
a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds
Types & categories
- tree hypernym
Sense 4 verb
get by acting quickly and smartly
snag a bargain
Types & categories
- obtain hypernym
Sense 5 noun
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
there was a rip in his pants
Types & categories
- opening hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
hew jaggedly
Types & categories
- hew hypernym
Related & opposite
- snag derivation
Sense 7 noun
an unforeseen obstacle
Types & categories
- obstacle hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snag |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snag |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | extrusion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | snag |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hitch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | tree |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | obtain |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tear |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | cleave |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rip |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rupture |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | opening |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | snag |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | hew |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | obstacle |