To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
To expose as a sham.
To catch.
Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
To spike, as a cannon.
To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
To drive a nail.
To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂₀ of an ell or ¹⁄₁₆ of a yard (2+¹⁄₄ inches or 5.715 cm).
The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
The claw of a bird or other animal.
To murder.
To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
To dismiss or discharge from office.
To move something or someone from one place to another, especially to take away.
To dismiss a batsman.
To delete.
Distance in time or space; interval.
A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove")
(at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last
Emotional distance or indifference.
The act of resetting a horse's shoe.
The act of removing something.
A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.