nail

Speech parts

1. nail - Noun

2. nail - Adjective

3. nail - Verb

4. Nail - Proper noun

Meaning

To spike, as a cannon.

the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.

The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.

A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.

A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.

To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.

To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.

To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

nail down brad nab bolt complete ace spike peg secure arrest boom pin fix blast pick up
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Antonyms

release separate digress avoid accept combat
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Hypernyms

play hit win pass succeed locate

Hyponyms

brad spike staple tack clout fingernail

Phrases with the word

hit the nail on the head nail biter on the nail nail sick better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail another nail in the coffin

Derivatives

nailed nailing

Anagrams

anil lain Ilan INLA Lani Lian Lina LNAI Nila

Examples

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. Abraham Maslow

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas. Georges Braque

It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail. Abraham Maslow

Only your nail scratches your skin. Lebanese Proverb

The nail that sticks out is hammered down. Japanese Proverb

You cannot hang everything on one nail. Persian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Naija naik Naiki nail ball nail bar nail bat