Defenition of the word nail
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Defenition of the word nail
- The hard, flat, translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
- A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials.
- (For a man) To have sexual intercourse with a woman.
- Hard keratin part growing at the end of a finger, toe or leg.
- To hit extremely hard.
- To attach something somewhere using nails.
- take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police
- complete a pass, in football
- a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
- horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
- a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
- attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall"
- succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
- get a passing grade in an exams
- hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
- complete a pass
- take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
- locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
- succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"
- take into custody
- attach something somewhere by means of nails
- hit hard
- locate exactly
- succeed at easily
- succeed in obtaining a position
Synonyms for the word nail
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- apprehend
- arrest
- blast
- boom
- collar
- complete
- cop
- make it
- nab
- nail down
- pass
- peg
- pick up
- smash
Similar words in the nail
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- nail down
- narrow
- narrow down
- peg down
- pin down
- specify
Meronymys for the word nail
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- dactyl
- digit
- half-moon
- head
- integumentary system
- lunula
- lunule
- matrix
- nailhead
- shank
- stem
Hyponyms for the word nail
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- brad
- clout
- clout nail
- doornail
- eightpenny nail
- fingernail
- fourpenny nail
- hobnail
- sixpenny nail
- spike
- staple
- stub nail
- tack
- tenpenny nail
- toenail
Hypernyms for the word nail
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- attach
- bring home the bacon
- clutch
- come through
- deliver the goods
- fastener
- fastening
- fixing
- hit
- holdfast
- horny structure
- linear measure
- linear unit
- locate
- make it
- pass
- play
- prehend
- seize
- succeed
- turn up
- unguis
- win
Antonyms for the word nail
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