nail in English dictionary

  • nail

    Meanings and definitions of "nail"

    • One of the four round pedestals (the nails) in Bristol, on which merchants once carried out their business.
    • An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1/16th of a yard (2.25 inches).
    • (transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
    • (intransitive) To drive a nail.
    • (slang) To catch.
    • (transitive, slang) To expose as a sham.
    • (transitive, slang) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
    • (transitive, slang) To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
    • (transitive, slang) Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
    • The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
    • A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
    • noun
      The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
    • noun
      The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
    • noun
      The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
    • noun
      A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
    • noun
      A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
    • noun
      An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1/20th of an ell or 1/16th of a yard (2.25 inches or 5.715 cm).
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To drive a nail.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
    • verb
      (slang)
      To catch.
    • verb
      (transitive, slang)
      To expose as a sham.
    • verb
      (transitive, slang)
      To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
    • verb
      (transitive, slang)
      To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
    • verb
      (transitive, slang)
      Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
    • verb
      To spike, as a cannon.
    • 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.
    • (to) nail
    • For a man: to have sexual intercourse with a woman.
    • nail (i.e. small metal spike)
    • on fingers and toes
    • spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials
    • employ a nail as a fastener
    • catch
    • accomplish something completely and successfully
    • hit a target effectively with some weapon
    • engage in sexual intercourse
    • To hit extremely hard.
    • Hard keratin part growing at the end of a finger, toe or leg.
    • noun
      a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
    • noun
      a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
    • noun
      horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
    • verb
      attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall"
    • verb
      complete a pass
    • verb
      hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
    • verb
      locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
    • verb
      succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"
    • verb
      succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
    • verb
      take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

    Synonyms of "nail" in English dictionary

    succeed, boom, linear unit are the top synonyms of "nail" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of nail

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza nail; lm  liczba mnoga ~s nail, ~ed, ~ed; he ~s; be ~ing
    • A metal nail (fastener). nail ( plural  nails)
    • nail ( third-person singular simple present nails, present participle nailing, simple past and past participle nailed)
    • nail (plural nails)
    • nail (third-person singular simple present nails, present participle nailing, simple past and past participle nailed)
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