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How to pronounce nails in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms blast, boom, smash
Type of hit
Type Words
Synonyms apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, pick up
Type of clutch, prehend, seize
Type Words
Synonyms complete
Type of play
Type Words
Synonyms pinpoint
Type of turn up, locate


The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome.
Type Words
Synonyms ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through
Type of make it, pass


She nailed her astrophysics course.
Type Words
Synonyms nail down, peg
Type of come through, deliver the goods, win, succeed, bring home the bacon


He nailed down a spot at Harvard.
Type Words
Type of linear measure, linear unit
Type Words
Type of holdfast, fastener, fastening, fixing
Has types doornail, eightpenny nail, clout, hobnail, stub nail, sixpenny nail, brad, staple, fourpenny nail, spike, clout nail, tenpenny nail, tack
Type Words
Type of attach
Derivation nailer


nail the board onto the wall.
Type Words
Type of horny structure, unguis
Has types fingernail, toenail

Examples of nails

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Many years later, June's a tough-as-nails Manhattanite, dying of stomach cancer.
From the theatlantic.com
With your tootsies now perfectly prepped, it is important to address your nails.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A Christmas heirloom shared space in a ditch with broken glass and jagged nails.
From the kansas.com
Finally, last week I borrowed some nails from my father and secured it for good.
From the telegraph.co.uk
You should also look at the nails in a picture frame when trying to spot a fake.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Other high-country huts will have their lead-head nails removed, also over time.
From the stuff.co.nz
You can also book a bath and grooming, or have his nails done and teeth cleaned.
From the sfgate.com
Plus, he had his crew run a magnet over my yard to make sure no nails were left.
From the heraldtribune.com
Nails can be made to look like mini-stained glass or kaleidoscopes, Garcia says.
From the fresnobee.com
More examples
  • Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
  • Attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall"
  • A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
  • Collar: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
  • A former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
  • Smash: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
  • Nail is a Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel album released by Self Immolation/Some Bizzare in 1985. It was initially released in the US by Homestead Records in 1985 and later by Thirsty Ear in 1995. ...
  • A nail is a horn-like envelope covering the dorsal aspect of the terminal phalanges of fingers and toes in humans, most primates, and a few other mammals.
  • This article lists characters who appear in the anime and manga fictional universe of Dragon Ball.