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| 1. | [ verb ] attach something somewhere by means of nails | |
| Examples: | "nail the board onto the wall" |
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| Related terms: | attach pin_down | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener | |
| Related terms: | fastener brad doornail tenpenny_nail tack clout_nail stub_nail hobnail eightpenny_nail clinch spike sixpenny_nail staple fourpenny_nail shank nailhead clinch head | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (zoology) horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits | |
| Related terms: | horny_structure fingernail toenail epidermis integumentary_system digit half-moon matrix | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (law,criminal law) take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police | |
| Synonyms: | arrest pick_up apprehend nab collar cop | |
| Related terms: | clutch seize bull apprehension apprehender | |
| 5. | [ verb ] hit hard | |
| Synonyms: | smash blast boom | |
| Examples: | "He smashed a 3-run homer" |
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| Related terms: | hit blast | |
| 6. | [ verb ] succeed at easily | |
| Synonyms: | sweep_through make_it breeze_through pass_with_flying_colors sail_through ace pass | |
| Examples: | "She sailed through her exams" "You will pass with flying colors" "She nailed her astrophysics course" |
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| Related terms: | fail succeed pass breeze_through ace | |
| 7. | [ verb ] locate exactly | |
| Synonyms: | pinpoint | |
| Examples: | "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?" "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome" |
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| Related terms: | locate speck | |
| 8. | [ verb ] succeed in obtaining a position | |
| Synonyms: | nail_down peg | |
| Examples: | "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" |
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| Related terms: | succeed | |
| 9. | [ verb ] (american football,games) complete a pass, in football | |
| Synonyms: | complete | |
| Related terms: | play football | |
| 10. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4772 | |
| 11. | [ noun ] a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard | |
| Related terms: | linear_unit | |
| Similar spelling: |
Nall Nale Nally Nalley |
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