English dictionary

nail

/n/eI/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

noun.body

Source: WordNet 3.0
a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

noun.artifact

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a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

noun.quantity

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the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

noun

Source: webster1913

attach something somewhere by means of nails

verb.contact

Examples
Nail the board onto the wall.

Source: WordNet 3.0
take into custody

verb.contact

Synonyms apprehend arrest collar cop nab pick up

Source: WordNet 3.0
hit hard

verb.contact

Synonyms bash blast bonk boom bop smash sock wallop whack wham whap whop

Source: WordNet 3.0
succeed in obtaining a position

verb.social

Examples
He nailed down a spot at Harvard.

Synonyms nail down peg

Source: WordNet 3.0
succeed at easily

verb.social

Examples
She nailed her astrophysics course.

Synonyms ace breeze through pass with flying colors sail through sweep through

Source: WordNet 3.0
locate exactly

verb.possession

Examples
The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome.

Synonyms pinpoint

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complete a pass

verb.competition

Synonyms complete

Source: WordNet 3.0
To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to <i>nail</i> boards to the beams.

verb

Source: webster1913