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Definitions of nail
  1. verb
    hit hard

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    hit
  2. verb
    take into custody
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  3. verb
    complete a pass

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  4. verb
    locate exactly
    "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"

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  5. verb
    succeed at easily
    "She nailed her astrophysics course"
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  6. verb
    succeed in obtaining a position
    "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

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  7. noun
    a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
  8. noun
    a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
  9. verb
    attach something somewhere by means of nails
    "nail the board onto the wall"
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  10. noun
    horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
Definition that contains nail
  • set insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
  • quick any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
  • stick fasten with or as with pins or nails
  • meat the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
  • horn the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
  • brad a small nail
  • shoe U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
  • nail attach something somewhere by means of nails
  • tap dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
  • root the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
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