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noun (n)
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits (noun.body)
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a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener (noun.artifact)
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a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard (noun.quantity)
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the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes. (noun)
source: webster1913
verb (v)
attach something somewhere by means of nails (verb.contact)
Example: Nail the board onto the wall.
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take into custody (verb.contact)
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hit hard (verb.contact)
Synonym: bash, blast, bonk, boom, bop, smash, sock, wallop, whack, wham, whap, whop, whop
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succeed in obtaining a position (verb.social)
Example: He nailed down a spot at Harvard.
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succeed at easily (verb.social)
Example: She nailed her astrophysics course.
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locate exactly (verb.possession)
Example: The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome.
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complete a pass (verb.competition)
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To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams. (verb)
source: webster1913
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