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The definition of nail
17 Definitions of: nail
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- noun, a fastening device usually made from round or oval wire, having a point at one end and a head at the other
- noun, anything resembling such a fastening device, esp in function or shape
- noun, the horny plate covering part of the dorsal surface of the fingers or toes. See fingernail, toenail. Related adjs ungual, ungular
- noun, the claw of a mammal, bird, or reptile
- noun, slang a hypodermic needle, used for injecting drugs
- noun, a unit of length, formerly used for measuring cloth, equal to two and a quarter inches
- noun, a nail in one's coffin an experience or event that tends to shorten life or hasten the end of something
- noun, bite one's nails a) to chew off the ends of one's fingernails b) to be worried or apprehensive
- noun, hard as nails a) in tough physical condition b) without sentiment or feelings
- noun, hit the nail on the head to do or say something correct or telling
- noun, on the nail (of payments) at once (esp in the phrase pay on the nail)
- verb, to attach with or as if with nails
- verb, to arrest or seize
- verb, to hit or bring down, as with a shot
- verb, to expose or detect (a lie or liar)
- verb, to fix or focus (one's eyes, attention, etc) on an object
- verb, to stud with nails ▷ See also nail down ▷ See also, nail up
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of nail