nail
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- n horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
- n a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
- n a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
- v attach something somewhere by means of nails
nail the board onto the wall - v take into custody
- v hit hard
- v succeed in obtaining a position
He nailed down a spot at Harvard - v succeed at easily
She nailed her astrophysics course - v locate exactly
The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome - v complete a pass
- Odeur 53, created in 1998, has notes of nail polish and burnt rubber.
- In central Java last week, several million illiterate voters punched a nail through a printed symbol representing one of 69 political parties.
- An iron pin long claimed to be a nail from the crucifixion, hammered into the blade and set off by tiny brass crosses is "con-sistent" in length and shape with a 1st .