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nail

English

  1. 🔊 a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
  2. 🔊 horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
  3. 🔊 a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
  4. 🔊 attach something somewhere by means of nails
    “nail the board onto the wall”
  5. 🔊 complete a pass
  6. 🔊 take into custody
    “the police nabbed the suspected criminals”
  7. 🔊 hit hard
    “He smashed a 3-run homer”
  8. 🔊 locate exactly
    “can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?”
  9. 🔊 succeed in obtaining a position
    “He nailed down a spot at Harvard”
  10. 🔊 succeed at easily
    “She sailed through her exams”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 clavetear to nail
  2. 🔊 enclavar to nail
  3. 🔊 clavo nail, spike
  4. 🔊 hincar to nail, drive, thrust
  5. 🔊 clavar to nail, to pin, to stick

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