Understanding the meaning of nail

nail

/neɪl/

verb
hit hard
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blast boom smash

type of:
hit
verb
take into custody
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apprehend arrest collar cop nab pick up

type of:
clutch prehend seize
verb
complete a pass
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complete

type of:
play
verb
locate exactly
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"The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"

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pinpoint

type of:
turn up locate
verb
succeed at easily
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"She nailed her astrophysics course"

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ace breeze through pass with flying colors sail through sweep through

type of:
make it pass
verb
succeed in obtaining a position
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"He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

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nail down peg

type of:
come through deliver the goods win succeed bring home the bacon
noun
a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
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type of:
linear measure linear unit
noun
a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
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holdfast fastener fastening fixing
verb
attach something somewhere by means of nails
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"nail the board onto the wall"

type of:
attach
noun
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
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type of:
horny structure unguis

part of:
digit integumentary system dactyl

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