nailed

Speech parts

1. nailed - Adjective

2. nailed - Verb

Meaning

of Nail

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

land won complete fixed stable attached capture secure firm arrest catch boom tight execute stationary
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Antonyms

abandoned cancelled detached deserted cleared discontinued
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Phrases with the word

nailed-up

Anagrams

aldine daniel denial Denali alined Delian Delina denail dienal Eiland inlead Leanid

Examples

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood. George Carlin

Stood for his countrys glory fast, And nailed her colors to the mast. Walter Scott

I was in a cab in New York. The cab had a sign, "Please do not smoke, Christ is our unseen guest." This guy was reaching. I figure, if he could overcome being nailed to a cross, I don't think a Marlboro Light's gonna faze him that much. Bill Hicks

On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut. Marvin Olasky

I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ.... I fight for the things I believe in, with all the weapons at my disposal and try to leave the other man dead so that I don't get nailed to a cross or any other place. Che Guevara

Man is in fact nailed down - like Christ on the Cross - to a grid of paradoxes... he balances between the torment of not knowing his mission and the joy of carrying it out, between nothingness and meaningfulness. And like Christ, he is in fact victorious by virtue of his defeats. Václav Havel

Close letter words and terms

nailbrush nailcare nailcutter nailed-up nailer naileress