• a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
• horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
• a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
• complete a pass
• take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
• attach something somewhere by means of Nails; "Nail the board onto the wall"
• hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
• locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not Nail the identity of the chromosome"
• succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She Nailed her astrophysics course"
• succeed in obtaining a position; "He Nailed down a spot at Harvard"

'Nail' in other languages