1. (n.)nail a slender, rod-shaped piece of metal, typically having a pointed tip and a flattened head, made to be hammered into wood or other material as a fastener or support.
2. nail a thin, horny plate, consisting of modified epidermis, growing on the upperside of the end of a finger or toe.
4. (verb)nail attach something somewhere by means of nails "nail the board onto the wall"
5. (verb)collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop take into custody "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
6. (verb)smash, nail, boom, blast hit hard "He smashed a 3-run homer"
7. (verb)nail down, nail, peg succeed in obtaining a position "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
8. (verb)breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail succeed at easily "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"
9. (verb)pinpoint, nail locate exactly "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
1. (noun)nail a pointed piece of metal with a flat top, used with a hammer to attach or hang things a two-inch steel nail; a hammer and nails
2. nail a fingernail or toenail My nails need to be cut.
3. (verb)nail to hit a nail with a hammer She nailed the boards together.; as he nailed it into the wall
4. nail to do sth successfully He nailed his first dive.
5. nail to catch and punish sb for doing sth wrong The police finally nailed him for dealing drugs.
Definition of 'NAIL'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)NAIL a measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard
2. (noun)NAIL the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes
3. (noun)NAIL the basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera
4. (noun)NAIL the terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds
5. (noun)NAIL 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
6. (noun)NAIL to fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams
7. (noun)NAIL to stud or boss with nails, or as with nails
8. (noun)NAIL 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
Sense: a piece of horn-like substance which grows over the ends of the fingers and toes to protect them I've broken my nail; toe-nails; Don't bite your finger-nails.
Definitions of NAIL 
Afrikaans: nael
Arabic: ظُفْر
Bulgarian: нокът
Brazilian: unha
Czech: nehet
German: der Nagel
Danish: negl; -negl
Greek: νύχι
Spanish: uña
Estonian: küüs
Farsi: ناخن
Finnish: kynsi
French: ongle
Hebrew: צִיפּוֹרֶן
Hindi: नाखून
Croatian: nokat
Hungarian: köröm
Indonesian: kuku
Icelandic: nögl
Italian: unghia
Japanese: つめ
Korean: 손톱, 발톱
Lithuanian: nagas
Latvian: nags
Malay: kuku
Dutch: nagel
Norwegian: negl
Polish: paznokieć
Persian: ناخن
Pashto: نوك
Portuguese: unha
Romanian: unghie
Russian: ноготь
Slovak: necht
Slovenian: noht
Serbian: nokat
Swedish: nagel
Thai: เล็บ
Turkish: tırnak
Taiwanese: 指甲
Ukrainian: ніготь; кіготь
Urdu: ناخن
Vietnamese: móng
Chinese: 指甲
