nail
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(verb) attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall" |
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Related Words: attach |
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(noun) a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener |
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Related Words: brad, clench, clinch, clout, clout nail, doornail, eightpenny nail, fastener, fastening, fourpenny nail, hobnail, holdfast, sixpenny nail, spike, staple, stub nail, tack, tenpenny nail |
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(noun) horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits |
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Related Words: fingernail, horny structure, toenail |
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(noun) a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard |
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Related Words: linear unit |
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| 5. |
(verb) complete a pass, in football |
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Synonyms: complete |
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Related Words: play |
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(verb) take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police |
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Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, pick up |
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Related Words: clutch, prehend, seize |
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(verb) hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" |
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Synonyms: blast, boom, smash |
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Related Words: hit |
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(verb) get a passing grade in an exams |
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Synonyms: make it, pass |
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Related Words: ace, breeze through, come through, pass easily, pass with flying colors, sail through, succeed, sweep through |
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(verb) succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" |
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Synonyms: nail down, peg |
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Related Words: come through, succeed |
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