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nail

(n/eI/l )

horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits(noun.body)

source: wordnet30
a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener(noun.artifact)

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a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard(noun.quantity)

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the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.(noun)

source: webster1913

attach something somewhere by means of nails(verb.contact)

Example:
Nail the board onto the wall.

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take into custody(verb.contact)

Synonym:
apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, pick up

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hit hard(verb.contact)

Synonym:
bash, blast, bonk, boom, bop, smash, sock, wallop, whack, wham, whap, whop, whop

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succeed in obtaining a position(verb.social)

Example:
He nailed down a spot at Harvard.

Synonym:
nail down, peg

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succeed at easily(verb.social)

Example:
She nailed her astrophysics course.

Synonym:
ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through

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locate exactly(verb.possession)

Example:
The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome.

Synonym:
pinpoint

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complete a pass(verb.competition)

Synonym:
complete

source: wordnet30
To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.(verb)

source: webster1913

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