nail
1. horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits (Freq. 3)
• Hypernyms:
horny structure, unguis
• Hyponyms:
fingernail, toenail
• Part Holonyms:
integumentary system, digit, dactyl
• Part Meronyms:
half-moon, lunula, lunule, matrix
2. a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener (Freq. 3)
• Hypernyms:
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
• Hyponyms:
brad, clout nail, clout, doornail, eightpenny nail,
fourpenny nail, hobnail, sixpenny nail, spike, staple, stub nail,
tack, tenpenny nail
• Part Meronyms:
clinch, head, nailhead, shank, stem
3. a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
• Hypernyms:
linear unit, linear measure
1. attach something somewhere by means of nails (Freq. 8)
- nail the board onto the wall
• See Also:
nail down
• Derivationally related forms:
nailer
• Hypernyms:
attach
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. take into custody (Freq. 2)
- the police nabbed the suspected criminals
• Syn:
collar, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop
• Derivationally related forms:
cop (for: cop), pickup (for: pick up), arrest (for: arrest), apprehension (for: apprehend), apprehender (for: apprehend), collar (for: collar)
• Hypernyms:
seize, prehend, clutch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. hit hard (Freq. 1)
- He smashed a 3-run homer
• Syn:
smash, boom, blast
• Derivationally related forms:
blast (for: blast), smash (for: smash), smasher (for: smash)
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. succeed in obtaining a position
- He nailed down a spot at Harvard
• Syn:
nail down, peg
• Hypernyms:
succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. locate exactly
- can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?
- The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome
• Syn:
pinpoint
• Derivationally related forms:
pinpoint (for: pinpoint)
• Hypernyms:
locate, turn up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
6. complete a pass
• Syn:
complete
• Derivationally related forms:
completion (for: complete)
• Topics:
football, football game
• Hypernyms:
play
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. succeed at easily
- She sailed through her exams
- You will pass with flying colors
- She nailed her astrophysics course
• Syn:
breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through
• Derivationally related forms:
ace (for: ace)
• Hypernyms:
pass, make it
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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