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nail

noun

1 nail

Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.

Roget 633: machinery, mechanism, engineering.    instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, ... show more

Roget 323: hardness etc. adj.; rigidity; renitence, renitency; inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity.    induration, petrifaction; lapidification, ... show more

Roget 253: sharpness etc. adj.; acuity, acumination; spinosity.    point, spike, spine, spicule [Biol.], spiculum; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, ... show more

Roget 214: pendency, dependency; suspension, hanging etc. v.; pedicel, pedicle, peduncle; tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, ... show more

Roget 200: length, longitude, span; mileage; distance etc. 196.    line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius.    ... show more

Roget 45: vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction etc. 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, ... show more

Roget 781: retention; retaining etc. v.; keep, detention, custody; tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip.    ... show more

Dutch: nagel
Polish: paznokieć

2 nail

A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener.

Dutch: nagel, spijker
Polish: gwóźdź

3 nail

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

verb

1 nail

Attach something somewhere by means of nails.

Roget 43: join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together [Fr.], tack together, fix together, ... show more

Dutch: inklinken, klinken, nagelen, spijkeren, vastnagelen, vastspijkeren

2 nail

Take into custody.

synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, pick up.

Dutch: snappen, vatten, oppakken, begrijpen

3 nail

Hit hard.

synonyms: blast, boom, smash.

4 nail

Succeed in obtaining a position:
— He nailed down a spot at Harvard.

synonyms: nail down, peg.

5 nail

Succeed at easily:
— She nailed her astrophysics course.

synonyms: ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through.

6 nail

Locate exactly:
— The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome.

synonym: pinpoint.

7 nail

Complete a pass.

synonym: complete.


Moby thesaurus: Gibraltar, abduct, adamant, agonize, articulate, at once, attach, bag, batten, batten down, be correct, be precise, be right, biff, bolt, bone, brick, buckle, butt, button ... show more.

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