The Meaning of nail

• (n.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.
• (n.) The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
• (n.) The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
• (n.) 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.
• (a.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.
• (n.) To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
• (n.) To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) To spike, as a cannon.

Synonyms

collar , apprehend , arrest , pick up , nab , cop , smash , boom , blast , nail down , peg , breeze through , ace , pass with flying colors , sweep through , sail through , pinpoint , complete

Homophones

naill , nale

Rhymes

abigail , ail , airedale , airmail , ale , amell , ancell , assail , avail , avenell , averell , avondale , bail , baile , bale , balle , barksdale , barrell , bartell , bayle , beyl , blackmail , bloomingdale , borrell , brail , braille , cail , cale , carbondale , cardell , carrell , cartmell , carvell , clydesdale , coattail , cocktail , correll , countervail , coverdale , curtail , dail , daile , dale , dayle , derail , detail , deverell , doornail , dovetail , downscale , drail , dralle , email , entail , exhale , fail , faile , faille , fairytale , fantail , farmingdale , farthingale , female , ferndale , fingernail , flail , folktale , foxtail , frail , gael , gail , gaile , gale , galle , garrell , gayle , glendale , gorrell , grail , guardrail , hail , haile , hale , handrail , heyl , hillsdale , hobnail , horsetail , impale , inhale , jail , jamail , jarrell , jerrell , kail , kale , kvale , lail , lavell , levell , macphail , mail , maile , maille , male , marcell , martingale , mayle , mcgrail , mchale , mikhail , modell , monorail , mortell , nadell , naill , nale , nathanael , oakdale , orrell , pail , pale , parcell , perrell , ponytail , pralle , presale , prevail , quail , quale , quayle , quesnell , radell , rael , rafale , rail , raile , rayl , resale , retail , revell , riverdale , sail , sale , salle , savell , sayle , scale , scarsdale , schmale , scottsdale , shale , smail , smale , snail , soleil , spale , springdale , stale , sumrell , sunnyvale , swale , tail , taille , tale , teasdale , telltale , thumbnail , toenail , trail , tramell , travail , uniondale , unveil , upscale , vail , vaile , vale , valle , veil , verrell , wail , wale , weyl , whale , wholesale , withnail , yale , zale