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nail
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?l, IPA(key): /ne?l/, [ne???]
- Rhymes: -e?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English nail, nayl, Old English næ?l, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz (compare Saterland Frisian Nail (“nail”), West Frisian neil, Low German Nagel, Dutch nagel, German Nagel, Danish negl, Swedish nagel), from Proto-Indo-European *h?nog?- (“nail”) (compare Irish ionga, Latin unguis, Albanian nyell (“ankle, hard part of a limb”), Lithuanian nagas, Russian ????? (nogá, “foot, leg”), ??????? (nógot?, “nail”), Ancient Greek ???? (ónux), Persian ????? (nâxon), Sanskrit ?? (nakhá)).
Noun
nail (plural nails)
- The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
- The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
- The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
- The claw of a bird or other animal.
- A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
- A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
- An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1?20 of an ell or 1?16 of a yard (2 1?4 inches or 5.715 cm).
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- claw
- talon
Etymology 2
From Middle English naylen, from Old English næ?lan.
Verb
nail (third-person singular simple present nails, present participle nailing, simple past and past participle nailed)
- (transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
- Synonyms: pin, rivet, screw; see also Thesaurus:join
- (intransitive) To drive a nail.
- Synonym: hammer
- (transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
- The rivets of their arms were nail'd with gold.
- (slang) To catch.
- Synonyms: arrest, collar, nick; see also Thesaurus:capture
- (transitive, slang) To expose as a sham.
- (transitive, slang) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
- Synonyms: ace, fullbring, fulfill
- (transitive, slang) To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
- Synonyms: dick, pound, rail, screw; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
- To spike, as a cannon.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Crabb to this entry?)
- (transitive) To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
- Synonyms: clinch, fix, lock down, pin down
Translations
See also
- Wikipedia disambiguation page on both meanings of nail
- Wikipedia disambiguation page on spike
- Nail in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- I-lan, INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lain, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, anil, lain
Bouyei
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?i??/
Etymology 1
Noun
nail
- grandmother
Etymology 2
Noun
nail
- snow
- ice
Middle English
Noun
nail
- Alternative form of nayl
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nai?l/
Noun
nail
- Nasal mutation of dail.
Mutation
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naileress
English
Etymology
nailer +? -ess
Noun
naileress (plural naileresses)
- (rare, archaic) A woman who makes nails.
Anagrams
- earliness
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