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nail::verb | Spocien Dictionary

nail

/neɪl/

hit hard

Type	Words
Synonyms	blast, boom, smash
Type of	hit

nail::verb | Spocien Dictionary

nail

/neɪl/

take into custody

Type	Words
Synonyms	apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, pick up
Type of	clutch, prehend, seize

nail::verb | Spocien Dictionary

nail

/neɪl/

complete a pass

Type	Words
Synonyms	complete
Type of	play

nail::verb | Spocien Dictionary

nail

/neɪl/

locate exactly

Type	Words
Synonyms	pinpoint
Type of	turn up, locate

The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome.

nail::verb | Spocien Dictionary

nail

/neɪl/

succeed at easily

Type	Words
Synonyms	ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through
Type of	make it, pass

She nailed her astrophysics course.

nail::verb | Spocien Dictionary

nail

/neɪl/

succeed in obtaining a position

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.

nail::noun | Spocien Dictionary

nail

/neɪl/

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

Type	Words
Type of	linear measure, linear unit

nail::noun | Spocien Dictionary

nail

/neɪl/

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

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

nail::verb | Spocien Dictionary

nail

/neɪl/

attach something somewhere by means of nails

Type	Words
Type of	attach
Derivation	nailer

nail the board onto the wall.

nail::noun | Spocien Dictionary

nail

/neɪl/

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

Type	Words
Type of	horny structure, unguis
Has types	fingernail, toenail