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snag
A	noun
	1	hang-up, hitch, rub, snag
			an unforeseen obstacle
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚cognitive factor ╚difficulty ╚hindrance; deterrent; impediment; balk; baulk; check; handicap ╚obstacle; obstruction ╚hang-up, hitch, rub, snag
	2	rip, rent, snag, split, tear
			an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚amorphous shape ╚space ╚opening; gap ╚rip, rent, snag, split, tear
	3	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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚plant; flora; plant life ╚vascular plant; tracheophyte ╚woody plant; ligneous plant ╚tree ╚snag
	4	snag
			a sharp protuberance
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚solid ╚convex shape; convexity ╚projection ╚bulge; bump; hump; gibbosity; gibbousness; jut; prominence; protuberance; protrusion; extrusion; excrescence ╚snag
B	verb
	1	snag
			hew jaggedly
		Category Tree: touch ╚strike ╚hew ╚snag
	2	snag
			catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"
		Category Tree: connect; link; tie; link up ╚attach ╚hitch; catch ╚snag
	3	snag
			get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain"
		Category Tree: get; acquire ╚obtain ╚snag

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