Synonyms: nail
Definition: a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
Similar words: fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast
Definition: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
Synonyms: nail
Definition: horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
Similar words: unguis, horny structure
Definition: any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin
Synonyms: nail
Definition: a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
Similar words: linear measure, linear unit
Definition: a unit of measurement of length
Definition: complete a pass
Similar words: play
Definition: participate in games or sport
Usage: We played hockey all afternoon; play cards; Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches
Synonyms: collar, pick up, cop, apprehend, arrest, nab, nail
Definition: take into custody
Usage: the police nabbed the suspected criminals
Similar words: prehend, seize, clutch
Definition: take hold of; grab
Usage: The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter; She clutched her purse; The mother seized her child by the arm; Birds of prey often seize small mammals
Synonyms: nail
Definition: attach something somewhere by means of nails
Usage: nail the board onto the wall
Similar words: attach
Definition: cause to be attached
Synonyms: blast, boom, smash, nail
Definition: hit hard
Usage: He smashed a 3-run homer
Similar words: hit
Definition: deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
Usage: He hit her hard in the face
Definition: locate exactly
Usage: can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?; The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome
Similar words: turn up, locate
Definition: discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
Usage: Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?; My search turned up nothing
Synonyms: 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
Definition: go successfully through a test or a selection process
Usage: She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now
Synonyms: peg, nail, nail down
Definition: succeed in obtaining a position
Usage: He nailed down a spot at Harvard
Similar words: win, succeed, bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods
Definition: attain success or reach a desired goal
Usage: The enterprise succeeded; We succeeded in getting tickets to the show; she struggled to overcome her handicap and won