Unscramble nail

Definition of nail

noun:

• horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
• a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener.
• a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard.

verb:

• attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall".
• take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals". Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, pick up.
• hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer". Synonyms: blast, boom, smash.
• succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard". Synonyms: nail down, peg.
• succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams", "You will pass with flying colors", "She nailed her astrophysics course". Synonyms: ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through.
• locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?", "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome". Synonyms: pinpoint.
• complete a pass. Synonyms: complete.

Related words

brad, clout, doornail, fingernail, hobnail, spike, staple, tack, toenail.

Words nearby

ail, bail, dail, fail, hail, jail, kail, mail, naif, nil, pail, rail, sail, snail, tail, wail.

Rhymes with

ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, braille, carrell, curtail, dail, dale, derail, detail, email, entail, exhale, fail, flail, frail, gael.