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nailing |
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 -------------- 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) 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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