Found 3 items, similar to Snag.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: snag cabikan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: snag 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, split, tear] 4: an unforeseen obstacle [syn: hang-up, hitch, rub] v 1: catch on a snag; “I snagged my stocking” 2: get by acting quickly and smartly; “snag a bargain” 3: hew jaggedly [also: snagging, snagged]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Snag Snag \Snag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Snagging.] 1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] 3. To catch on a snag [5] 4. (Fig.) To obtain by a quick action, as though by snagging [3] something passing by; -- often used of an opportunistic or fortunate action. [1913 Webster] Snag \Snag\, n. [Prov. E., n., a lump on a tree where a branch has been cut off; v., to cut off the twigs and small branches from a tree, of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. snaigh, snaidh, to cut down, to prune, to sharpen, p. p. snaighte, snaidhte, cut off, lopped, Ir. snaigh a hewing, cutting.] 1. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance. [1913 Webster] The coat of arms Now on a naked snag in triumph borne. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 3. A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zo["o]l.) One of the secondary branches of an antler. [1913 Webster] 5. Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it. [1913 Webster] Snag boat, a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing snags and other obstructions in navigable streams. [U.S.] Snag tooth. Same as Snag, 2. [1913 Webster] How thy snag teeth stand orderly, Like stakes which strut by the water side. --J. Cotgrave. [1913 Webster]