ENGLISH: nail - CREOLE: kloure



Overview of noun nail



The noun nail has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (3) nail -- (horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits)

2. (3) nail -- (a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener)

3. nail -- (a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard)



Overview of verb nail



The verb nail has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (8) nail -- (attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall")

2. (2) collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop -- (take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals")

3. (1) smash, nail, boom, blast -- (hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer")

4. nail down, nail, peg -- (succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard")

5. breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail -- (succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course")

6. pinpoint, nail -- (locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome")

7. complete, nail -- (complete a pass)

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