nail

v. hammer a nail; attach with a nail; shut up (a box, container, etc.) with nails; arrest, trap; catch in lie; focus in on, set firmly on; find; punch, hit (Slang); (Slang) have sex with (vulgar)

n. pin of steel, specially shaped little metal peg used in construction and carpentry; hard growth on the top surface of the ends of fingers and toes; ancient unit of measurement for cloth equal to 2 1/4 inches

Nail may refer to:Nail (anatomy), toughened keratin at the end of an animal digitNail (fastener), the pin-shaped fastener used in carpentryNail (relic), used in the crucifixion of ChristNail (unit), an archaic multiplier equal to one sixteenth of a base unitThe Nails, a 1970s band from ColoradoNeurotics Anonymous International LiaisonNail, a Namekian in Dragon Ball
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Nail 1. the horny cutaneous plate on the dorsal surface of the distal end of a finger or toe. 2. a rod of metal, bone, or other material for [more]Nail - Community and Resources

Noun
1. horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
(hypernym) horny structure, unguis
(hyponym) fingernail
(part-holonym) integumentary system
(part-meronym) half-moon, lunula, lunule
2. a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
(hypernym) fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
(hyponym) brad
(part-meronym) clinch
3. a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
(hypernym) linear unit
Verb
1. attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall"
(hypernym) attach
(see-also) pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify
2. take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
(synonym) collar, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop
(hypernym) seize, prehend, clutch
3. hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
(synonym) smash, boom, blast
(hypernym) hit
4. succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
(synonym) nail down, peg
(hypernym) succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
5. succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"
(synonym) breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through
(hypernym) pass, make it
6. locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
(synonym) pinpoint
(hypernym) locate, turn up
7. complete a pass
(synonym) complete
(hypernym) play
(classification) football, football game

(n.)
To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
  

(n.)
To spike, as a cannon.
  

(n.)
To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.
  

(n.)
To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
  

(n.)
The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
  

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

(n.)
The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
  

(n.)
A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.
  

(a.)
A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.