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Synonyms for nail
neɪlnail
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Princeton's WordNet
nailnoun
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
nailnoun
a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
nailverb
a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
nailverb
attach something somewhere by means of nails
"nail the board onto the wall"
Synonyms:
apprehend, collar, peg, breeze through, sail through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, nab, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smashcollar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, copverb
take into custody
"the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
Synonyms:
quail at, cop, uplift, peck, hook, savvy, hear, complete, get, dig, percolate, hold back, glom, nail down, pass with flying colors, perk up, smash, arrest, gather up, get word, nab, snitch, boom, call for, see, find out, turn back, grasp, perk, halt, gain vigor, knock off, ace, compass, receive, sweep through, stop, sail through, get the picture, pinpoint, collar, turn around, apprehend, get a line, comprehend, lift up, peg, intoxicate, pick up, breeze through, contain, elate, catch, thieve, blast, grok, learn, get wind, hold, collect, discover, checksmash, nail, boom, blastverb
hit hard
"He smashed a 3-run homer"
Synonyms:
boom out, cop, shoot, crush, bankrupt, complete, thunder, nail down, pass with flying colors, smash, arrest, bang up, nab, din, smash up, ruin, boom, demolish, pillory, break, breeze through, ace, blare, sweep through, sail through, pinpoint, collar, apprehend, savage, peg, thrive, pick up, expand, flourish, crucify, blast, dash, knock down, shellnail down, nail, pegverb
succeed in obtaining a position
"He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
Synonyms:
peg down, sweep through, apprehend, pass with flying colors, collar, peg, blast, nab, settle, breeze through, sail through, pin down, narrow down, specify, ace, finalise, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, finalize, boom, arrest, cop, narrow, smashbreeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nailverb
succeed at easily
"She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"
Synonyms:
sweep through, apprehend, collar, peg, breeze through, sail through, ace, pass with flying colors, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, nab, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smashpinpoint, nailverb
locate exactly
"can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
Synonyms:
sweep through, apprehend, collar, peg, breeze through, sail through, ace, pass with flying colors, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, nab, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smashcomplete, nailverb
complete a pass
Synonyms:
sweep through, fill in, collar, breeze through, dispatch, finish, fill out, discharge, sail through, peg, ace, pass with flying colors, apprehend, nail down, complete, pick up, pinpoint, nab, make out, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smash
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#64 | see | |
#77 | get | |
#272 | check | |
#424 | learn | |
#522 | complete | |
#909 | receive | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1618 | break | |
#1736 | hear | |
#2674 | finish | |
#2700 | contain | |
#2995 | discover | |
#3129 | expand | |
#3616 | shell | |
#3635 | catch | |
#3823 | specify | |
#3889 | narrow | |
#4363 | collect | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5613 | hook | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#5688 | ace | |
#6422 | stud | |
#6477 | blast | |
#6667 | nail | |
#7386 | boom | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#7597 | collar | |
#7788 | dig | |
#8401 | thunder | |
#8587 | dash | |
#8623 | settle | |
#8911 | dispatch | |
#9382 | cop | |
#9792 | savage | |
#10086 | din | |
#10647 | compass | |
#11946 | peg | |
#12398 | crush | |
#13142 | grasp | |
#13346 | smash | |
#13468 | savvy | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#16959 | chlorine | |
#17739 | peck | |
#18549 | thrive | |
#21181 | comprehend | |
#21231 | finalize | |
#21586 | pinpoint | |
#21898 | bankrupt | |
#23713 | flourish | |
#28457 | nab | |
#30734 | uplift | |
#45245 | demolish | |
#45478 | perk | |
#45906 | hock | |
#53441 | apprehend | |
#58018 | finalise | |
#61869 | snitch | |
#63144 | ferocity | |
#64307 | grok | |
#64729 | fingernail | |
#80021 | crucify | |
#118560 | percolate | |
#130327 | pillory | |
#150121 | blare | |
#176380 | glom | |
#227814 | intoxicate | |
#290132 | elate | |
#323789 | thieve |
How to use nail in a sentence?
It's definitely something you want to nail for them because you know that means so much to them.
I worry about the long-term effects of a video like this, teeth are the only part of the ectoderm that does not replenish or heal itself— once it’s gone, it’s gone. You can color your hair, you can pierce your skin, damage your nail, shave an eyebrow— all of that comes back.
If we take off one day for a sickness, we are required to [work] 14 days straight to gain points back. That is why we are fighting tooth and nail for sick days.
When I joined the cancer hospital, I started checking blood, hair and nail samples of cancer patients and found they have very clear-cut symptoms of arsenic poisoning, i saw 6 and 7-year-old children coming with cancer. These children don't chew tobacco or smoke. It was very disturbing, and I could not sleep. Slowly, I adjusted.
It’s not a nail in the coffin for these unions, they’ll still be big and they’ll still be powerful. Overnight the public unions in these states are not going anywhere.
Translations for nail
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- مسمارArabic
- nehetCzech
- sømDanish
- NagelGerman
- καρφίGreek
- najloEsperanto
- uñaSpanish
- ناخنPersian
- naulataFinnish
- clouFrench
- ingneIrish
- नाखूनHindi
- körömHungarian
- pakuIndonesian
- chiodoItalian
- מַסְמֵרHebrew
- ネイルJapanese
- ಉಗುರುKannada
- 네일Korean
- clavusLatin
- nagelDutch
- spikerNorwegian
- gwóźdźPolish
- unhaPortuguese
- unghieRomanian
- гвоздьRussian
- nagelSwedish
- ஆணிTamil
- గోరుTelugu
- เล็บThai
- tırnakTurkish
- цвяхUkrainian
- کیلUrdu
- móng tayVietnamese
- נאָגלYiddish
- 钉Chinese
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