Found 3 items, similar to Nailed.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: nail
kuku, paku
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nail
nail
n 1: horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal
surface of the digits
2: a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into
materials as a fastener
3: a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
nail
v 1: attach something somewhere by means of nails;
“nail the
board onto the wall”
2: take into custody;
“the police nabbed the suspected
criminals” [syn:
collar,
apprehend,
arrest,
pick up,
nab,
cop]
3: hit hard;
“He smashed a 3-run homer” [syn:
smash,
boom,
blast]
4: succeed in obtaining a position;
“He nailed down a spot at
Harvard” [syn:
nail down,
peg]
5: succeed at easily;
“She sailed through her exams”;
“You will
pass with flying colors”;
“She nailed her astrophysics
course” [syn:
breeze through,
ace,
pass with flying colors
,
sweep through,
sail through]
6: locate exactly;
“can you pinpoint the position of the
enemy?”;
“The chemists could not nail the identity of the
chromosome” [syn:
pinpoint]
7: complete a pass [syn:
complete]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Nailed
Nail
\Nail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Nailed (n[=a]ld); p. pr. &
vb. n.
Nailing.] [AS. n[ae]glian. See
Nail, n.]
1. To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by
means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
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He is now dead, and nailed in his chest. --Chaucer.
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2. To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
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The rivets of your arms were nailed with gold.
--Dryden.
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3. 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.
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When they came to talk of places in town, you saw at
once how I nailed them. --Goldsmith.
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4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Crabb.
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To nail an assertion or
To nail a lie, etc., to detect
and expose it, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an
expression probably derived from the former practice of
shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or
counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.
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