Nail

verb
neɪl

Noun

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

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

    Type of:HoldfastFastenerFastening

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

    Type of:Unguis

Verb

  • locate exactly

    “The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome”

    Similar:Pinpoint
    Type of:Locate

  • succeed at easily

    “She nailed her astrophysics course”

    Similar:Ace
    Type of:Pass

  • succeed in obtaining a position

    “He nailed down a spot at Harvard”

    Similar:Peg
    Type of:WinSucceed

  • attach something somewhere by means of nails

    “nail the board onto the wall”

    Type of:Attach

  • hit hard

    Similar:BlastBoomSmash
    Type of:Hit

  • take into custody

    Similar:ApprehendArrestCollarCopNab
    Type of:ClutchPrehendSeize

  • complete a pass

    Similar:Complete
    Type of:Play

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