nail Sentence Examples
- The carpenter skillfully hammered the nails into the wood.
- I painted my fingernails with a vibrant shade of red.
- The metal nail pierced through the cardboard easily.
- The nailpolish dryer instantly dried my freshly painted nails.
- The nail salon offered a wide variety of nail services.
- I accidentally hit my finger with a hammer while trying to nail down a picture frame.
- The nail clipper was sharp enough to trim my overgrown toenails.
- The horseshoe nail securely held the shoe in place on the horse's hoof.
- The nail bed was slightly inflamed due to an infection.
- The musician's guitar required new nails on the strings for a better sound.
nail Meaning
nail (n)
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
nail (v)
attach something somewhere by means of nails
take into custody
hit hard
succeed in obtaining a position
succeed at easily
locate exactly
complete a pass
nail (n.)
the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.
The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.
To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.
To spike, as a cannon.
nail (a.)
A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.
Synonyms & Antonyms of nail
Synonyms:
- slash
- cream
- knock-down
- spear
- lambaste
- sledgehammer
- drub
- cane
- beat
- club
- mangle
- hang-one-on
- knee
- lace
- jostle
- sap
- floor
- skull
- flail
- pelt
- buffet
- cudgel
- stamp
- lash
- sledge
- bung
- thrash
- prod
- pepper
- pommel
- maul
- batter
- bowl-down-or-over-
- scuff
- cuff
- brain
- rough
- deck
- fell
- slog
- level
- whip
- dump
- bean
- pummel
- lambast
- switch
- bunt
- butt
- biff
- conk
- flog
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
FAQs About the word nail
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits, a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener, a for
punch, pound, slam, slap, bat, bang, smack, clip,hit, swipe
confuse, confuse, muddy, muddy, muddle, unsettle,muddle, unsettle,
The carpenter skillfully hammered the nails into the wood.
I painted my fingernails with a vibrant shade of red.
The metal nail pierced through the cardboard easily.
The nailpolish dryer instantly dried my freshly painted nails.
