nail
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1.0
- noun
- /neɪl/
:
clavo
- After gathering all the tools, she began hammering nails into the wall for pictures.
- hammer a nail
- drive a nail
- a nail in wood
I might just need, you know, planks, nails, handsaw, right.
- I might just need, you know, planks, nails, handsaw, right.
- I might just need, you know, planks, nails and saw, right?
- Plus compressor and air gun nail gun downstairs happening right now.
- I'm telling you, Sally pounded a nail on the ceiling.
- Don't you touch that starting of hammers and nails Eli podcast studio.
Examples
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Go get me a hammer and nails right now.
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I just caught it on a nail.
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What are you gonna do with a nail?
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Published reports of nail gun injuries to the head and neck are rare.
Academic text (2002) -
I'm about to add some more nails to tie it up.
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So with Matt's help, he put these little nails into the wall.
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Luke dropped a hammer and nails into his sack and sauntered down toward the barn.
Fiction book (1992) -
A leather razor strop hangs from a nail on one wall, near a round mirror.
Fiction book (1991) -
The carpenter needed several nails to secure the wooden boards together.
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He bought a box of nails to help build the new garden shed.
Synonyms
460
7.8
A small thin nail with a raised head used to hold thin pieces of wood together
17
2.2
A small nail with a flat head used to fasten things
8
9.9
A large heavy nail used to hold and decorate old wooden doors
1
6.4
A nail about three inches long used for holding pieces of wood together
A 2.5 inch nail used to join pieces of wood
A small metal pin about one and a half inches long that holds pieces of wood together
A short thick metal spike used to hold things when length is not needed
A short nail with a large flat head to fasten thin metal to wood
A short nail with a broad flat head for fixing sheet metal
A small nail used to hold leather or thin wood
A wooden peg that holds wood beams together and swells when wet
Idioms
People criticize and pressure those who stand out to be like everyone else
Compounds
40
1.8
A colored or clear paint you put on fingernails and toenails to give them color and shine
- Informal
7
5.2
A situation that makes people very nervous because the result is uncertain
- Informal
3
4.2
Making you feel very nervous and excited while you wait to see what happens
- UK
1
2.7
A colored or clear liquid you put on nails to make them look shiny and protect them
- Specialized
1
6.4
A nail about three inches long used for holding pieces of wood together
- Specialized
A small metal pin about one and a half inches long that holds pieces of wood together
- Offensive
Taking out a person's fingernails or toenails to hurt them during torture
- Australian
A small kangaroo-like animal with a hard nail at the tip of its tail
- Specialized
A thin metal strip with sharp points that you hammer to join wooden boards
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nail for the thin metal peg comes from the same old German word nægl, meaning 'small hard point' or 'claw', and a metal nail is like a hard point you push into wood to hold things together, which is why we call it a 'nail'.