Main entry: nail
Definition: a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
Main entry: nail
Definition: horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
Main entry: nail
Definition: a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
Definition: complete a pass
Main entry: collar, pick up, cop, apprehend, arrest, nab, nail
Definition: take into custody
Usage: the police nabbed the suspected criminals
Main entry: nail
Definition: attach something somewhere by means of nails
Usage: nail the board onto the wall
Main entry: blast, boom, smash, nail
Definition: hit hard
Usage: He smashed a 3-run homer
Definition: locate exactly
Usage: can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?; The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome
Main entry: breeze through, ace, sweep through, pass with flying colors, nail, sail through
Definition: succeed at easily
Usage: She sailed through her exams; You will pass with flying colors; She nailed her astrophysics course
Main entry: peg, nail, nail down
Definition: succeed in obtaining a position
Usage: He nailed down a spot at Harvard