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Summary

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snag:
- Wiktionary:
  snag → aspérité, chicot, pépin, hic, accroc
  snag → souche, difficulté, lumignon, bout, moignon, botche, cibiche, mégot, clou, clope, sèche, zigoune
- Synonyms for "snag":
  bulge; bump; hump; gibbosity; gibbousness; jut; prominence; protuberance; protrusion; extrusion; excrescence
  tree
  rip; rent; split; tear; opening; gap
  hang-up; hitch; rub; obstacle; obstruction
  hitch; catch
  obtain
  hew

English

Detailed Translations for snag from English to French

snag:

Translation Matrix for snag:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	hang-up; hitch; rent; rip; rub; split; tear
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	but; catch; drawback

Synonyms for "snag":

bulge; bump; hump; gibbosity; gibbousness; jut; prominence; protuberance; protrusion; extrusion; excrescence
tree
rip; rent; split; tear; opening; gap
hang-up; hitch; rub; obstacle; obstruction
hitch; catch
obtain
hew

Related Definitions for "snag":

an unforeseen obstacle¹
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart¹
- she had snags in her stockings¹
a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest¹
- a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds¹
a sharp protuberance¹
hew jaggedly¹
catch on a snag¹
- I snagged my stocking¹
get by acting quickly and smartly¹
- snag a bargain¹

Wiktionary Translations for snag:

snag

noun

stump or base of a branch
- snag → aspérité; chicot
tooth projecting beyond the rest
- snag → chicot
tree fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water
- snag → chicot
problem or difficulty
- snag → pépin; hic

snag

noun

Déchirure faite dans un tissu par quelque chose de pointu ou qui accrocher.
- accroc → glitch; snag

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• snag	→ souche	↔ Baumstumpf — unterer Teil eines gefällten oder abgebrochenen Baumes
• snag	→ difficulté	↔ Schwierigkeit — Aufgabe, Eigenschaft, Lage oder Situation, die Ärger machen oder ein Problem darstellen
• snag	→ lumignon; bout; moignon; botche; cibiche; mégot; clou; clope; sèche; zigoune	↔ Stummel — ein kurzes Reststück, was übrig geblieben ist

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