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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb nail Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb nail Entailment of verb nail Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb nail 7 senses of nail Sense 1 nail => attach Also See-> nail down#2 Sense 2 collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up nab, cop => seize, prehend, clutch Sense 3 smash, nail, boom, blast => hit Sense 4 nail down nail, peg => succeed, come through Sense 5 breeze through ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through sail through nail => pass, make it Sense 6 pinpoint, nail => locate, turn up Sense 7 complete, nail => play Familiarity of verb nail nail used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 7) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb nail Sense 1 nail => attach -------------- Sense 2 collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up nab, cop => seize, prehend, clutch -------------- Sense 3 smash, nail, boom, blast => hit -------------- Sense 4 nail down nail, peg => succeed, come through -------------- Sense 5 breeze through ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through sail through nail => pass, make it -------------- Sense 6 pinpoint, nail => locate, turn up -------------- Sense 7 complete, nail => play -------------- Grep of noun nail agnail brown snail cinnamon snail clout nail coffin nail doornail edible snail eightpenny nail fingernail fourpenny nail garden snail hangnail hobnail ingrown toenail nail nail-tailed kangaroo nail-tailed wallaby nail enamel nail hole nail polish nail varnish nailbrush nailer nailfile nailhead nailrod sea snail seasnail sixpenny nail snail stub nail tenpenny nail thumbnail toenail treenail trenail wiggle nail 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, as of suspected criminals, by the police) 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 an exam easily and do very well "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors") 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, in football) Grep of adj nail hobnail nail-biting 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, as of suspected criminals, by the police) 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 an exam easily and do very well "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors") 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, in football)
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