NOUN | body | nail | horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits |
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artifact | nail | a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener | |
quantity | nail | a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard | |
VERB | contact | nail | attach something somewhere by means of nails |
contact | nail, collar, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop | take into custody | |
contact | nail, smash, boom, blast | hit hard | |
social | nail, nail down, peg | succeed in obtaining a position | |
social | nail, breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through | succeed at easily | |
possession | nail, pinpoint | locate exactly | |
competition | nail, complete | complete a pass |
Sounds | ney'l | |
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Rhymes | ail ... Yale: 95 rhymes with eyl... |
Meaning | horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits. | |
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Part of | digit, dactyl | A finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates |
integumentary system | The skin and its appendages | |
Parts | half-moon, lunula, lunule | The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail |
matrix | The formative tissue at the base of a nail | |
root | The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support | |
Narrower | fingernail | The nail at the end of a finger |
toenail | The nail at the end of a toe | |
Broader | horny structure, unguis | Any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin |
Spanish | uña | |
Catalan | ungla | |
Adjectives | ungual | of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof |
Meaning | A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener. | |
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Parts | clinch | The flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet |
head | A projection out from one end | |
nailhead | flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point | |
shank, stem | cylinder forming a long narrow part of something | |
Narrower | brad | A small nail |
clout nail, clout | A short nail with a flat head | |
doornail | A nail with a large head | |
eightpenny nail | A nail 2.5 inches long | |
fourpenny nail | A nail 1.5 inches long | |
hobnail | A short nail with a thick head | |
sixpenny nail | A nail 2 inches long | |
spike | A large stout nail | |
staple | A short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables | |
stub nail | A short thick nail | |
tack | A short nail with a sharp point and a large head | |
tenpenny nail | A nail 3 inches long | |
Broader | fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place |
Spanish | clavo, uña | |
Catalan | clau | |
Verbs | nail | attach something somewhere by means of nails |
Meaning | A former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard. | |
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Broader | linear unit, linear measure | A unit of measurement of length |
Meaning | attach something somewhere by means of nails. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
Example | "nail the board onto the wall" | |
Broader | attach | Cause to be attached |
See also | nail down | define clearly |
Spanish | clavar, enclavar | |
Catalan | clavar | |
Nouns | nail | a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener |
nailer | a worker who attaches something by nailing it |
Meaning | Take into custody. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | collar, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop | |
Broader | seize, prehend, clutch | take hold of |
Spanish | aprehender, apresar, arrestar, atrapar, capturar, clavar, coger, detener, pillar, prender | |
Catalan | agafar, arrestar, capturar, detenir |
Meaning | hit hard. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | smash, boom, blast | |
Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
Spanish | aplastar, chafar | |
Catalan | aixafar, esclafar |
Meaning | succeed in obtaining a position. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" | |
Synonyms | nail down, peg | |
Broader | succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods | attain success or reach a desired goal / goal |
Spanish | estabilizar | |
Catalan | estabilitzar, fixar |
Meaning | succeed at easily. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "She nailed her astrophysics course" | |
Synonyms | breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through | |
Broader | pass, make it | go successfully through a test or a selection process |
Spanish | pasar sin dificultad, ser campeón |
Meaning | Locate exactly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Example | "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome" | |
Synonym | pinpoint | |
Broader | locate, turn up | Discover the location of |
Spanish | concretar | |
Catalan | concretar |
Meaning | complete a pass. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | complete | |
Category | football, football game | Any of various games / games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal |
Broader | play | participate in games / games or sport |
Spanish | clavar, completar |
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