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Definitions: Nail |
NailNoun1. 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. Verb1. Attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall". 2. Take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police. 3. Hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer". 4. Succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard". 5. Succeed at an exam easily and do very well; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors". 6. Locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome". 7. Complete a pass, in football. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Nail" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an attainer". |
Date "nail" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Bible | Nail for fastening. (1.) Hebrew yathed, "piercing," a peg or nail of any material (Ezek. 15:3), more especially a tent-peg (Ex. 27:19; 35:18; 38:20), with one of which Jael (q.v.) pierced the temples of Sisera (Judg. 4:21, 22). This word is also used metaphorically (Zech. 10:4) for a prince or counsellor, just as "the battle-bow" represents a warrior. (2.) Masmer, a "point," the usual word for a nail. The words of the wise are compared to "nails fastened by the masters of assemblies" (Eccl. 12:11, A.V.). The Revised Version reads, "as nails well fastened are the words of the masters," etc. Others (as Plumptre) read, "as nails fastened are the masters of assemblies" (comp. Isa. 22:23; Ezra 9:8). David prepared nails for the temple (1 Chr. 22:3; 2 Chr. 3:9). The nails by which our Lord was fixed to the cross are mentioned (John 20:25; Col. 2:14). Nail of the finger (Heb. tsipporen, "scraping"). To "pare the nails" is in Deut. 21:12 (marg., "make," or "dress," or "suffer to grow") one of the signs of purification, separation from former heathenism (comp. Lev. 14:8; Num. 8:7). In Jer. 17:1 this word is rendered "point." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
| Down on the nail, Pay down on the nail. In ready money. In Latin: "Super unguem; " in French: "Sur Vongle;" as, "Boire la goutte sur Vongle " (see Supernaculum), "Payer rubis sur Vongle, " where rubis means red wine. The Latin ungulus (from unguis) means a "shot" or reckoning, hence ungulum dare, to pay one's reckoning. "Quo quibus prisis, et cariagiis pleana flat solucio super unguem."- An Indenture dated July 15th, 1326 (Scot's Act) O'Keefe says: "In the centre of Limerick Exchange is a pillar with a circular plate of copper about three feet in diameter, called The Nail, on which the earnest of all stock-exchange bargains has to be paid." (Recollections. A similar custom prevailed at Bristol, where were four pillars, called nails, in front of the Exchange for a similar purpose. In Liverpool Exchange there is a plate of copper called The Nail, on which bargains are settled. Hung on the nail. Up the spout, put in pawn. The custom referred to is that of hanging each pawn on a nail, with a number attached, and giving the customer a duplicate thereof. Very similar to the custom of guarding hats, cloaks, walking-sticks, and umbrellas, in public exhibitions and assemblies. To hit the nail on the head. To come to a right conclusion. In Latin, "Rem tenes. " The Germans have the exact phrase, "Den Nagel auf den kopf treffen. " Nail (For want of a). "For want of a nail, the shoe is lost; for want of a shoe, the horse is lost; and for want of a horse, the rider is lost." (Herbert Jacula Prudentum.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
Mining | A. See:shooting needle b. A slender piece of metal, one end of which is pointed, the other end having a head, either flattened or rounded. It is a common means of fastening together several pieces of wood or other material by striking the head with a hammer. The term penny as applied to nails refers to the number of pounds per 1,000 nails; e.g., six-penny nail means 6 lb (2.7 kg)per 1,000; three-penny means 3 lb (1.4 kg) per 1,000, etc e.g., six-penny nail means 6 lb (2.7 kg)per 1,000; three-penny means 3 lb (1.4 kg) per 1,000, etc. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Fingernails and toenails are composed of
Nails can become thickened (onychogryphosis), loosened (onycholysis), infected with fungus (onychomycosis) or degenerative (onychodystrophy).
A manicure or pedicure is a health and cosmetic procedure to groom and trim the nails. It is accomplished with cuticle scissors, nail scissors, nail clippers, and nail files.
A nail is a pin-shaped, sharp object of hard metal, typically steel, used to fasten things together. It is driven into the workpiece by a hammer. Sometimes a nail holds materials together by friction alone; in other cases the point of the nail may be bent over or clinched to prevent it from pulling out.
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
Nail | English | New Africa Investment Limited | Finance |
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Synonyms: NailSynonyms: ace (v), apprehend (v), arrest (v), blast (v), boom (v), breeze through (v), collar (v), complete (v), cop (v), nab (v), nail down (v), pass with flying colors (v), peg (v), pick up (v), pinpoint (v), sail through (v), smash (v), sweep through (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Connection | Pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl; terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post. |
Hardness | Stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant; bone, cartilage; hardware; heart of oak, block, board, deal board; iron, steel; cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron; nail; brick, concrete; cement. |
Instrument | Hammer; (impulse); edge tool; (cut); borer; vice, teeth; (hold); nail, rope; (join); peg; (hang); support; spoon; (vehicle); arms; oar; (navigation); cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph. |
Junction | Braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase; graft, ingraft, |
Length | Line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league; chain, link; arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara. |
Pendency | Eg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook; fastening; spar, horse. |
Retention | Fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum; bond; (vinculum). |
Sharpness | Point, spike, spine, spicule, spiculum; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin; prick, prickle; spur, rowel, barb; spit, cusp; horn, antler; snag; tag thorn, bristle; Adam's needle, bear grass, tine, yucca. |
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Screenplays | Man, all you gotta do is find a girl that looks just like her, nail her, and then dump her, man. Get her off your mind. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoonwith nail polish. (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) A big wooden cross, so every time you feel unappreciated for all your sacrifices, you can climb up and nail yourself to it. (The Ref; writing credit: Marie Weiss and Richard LaGravenese. Starring Denis Leary as Gus, Judy Davis as Caroline Chasseur and Kevin Spacey as Lloyd Chasseur.) Nail them while they're vulnerable, that's my motto. (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck) Goddammit! All winter long I got to listen to him gripe about his bowling scores. Now I'm gonna bust your ass for those three bags and I'm gonna nail you for picking your feet in Poughkeepsie. (The French Connection; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman) | |
Lyrics | I'd rather be a hammer than a nail ("EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD)"; performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel) | |
Clever | If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. (references; author: unknown) Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Nail (1973) The Nail Gun Massacre (1985) For the Want of a Nail (1976) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | [Caricature of a man about to commit suicide by pounding a nail into his head] / A. Paul Weber.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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 | Construction worker using a pneumatic nailgun to nail in walls. | | Pneumatic nail gun firing a nail into wood . |
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Desiderius Erasmus | A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit. |
George E. Danielson | [TryIng to obtain information from Mr. Mitchell was] Like trying to nail a drop of water to the wall. |
George Eliot | Each thought is a nail that is driven In structures that cannot decay; And the mansion at last will be given To us as we build it each day. |
Poem and The Cid | Thus parted the one from the others as the nail from the flesh. |
Sir Walter Scott | A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | I shall nail up the coffin. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Into the grave with it! Nail it down into a wooden box, the corpse. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He set a nail and his hammer thundered it in. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | There is not a nail to hang a picture on, nor a shelf to receive the bust of a hero or a saint. |
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Health | DO NOT use petroleum jelly, a hot match, nail polish, or other products. (references) | |
Muscle spasm, joint stiffness, restricted mobility, rapid hair and nail growth, and vasospasm (a constriction of the blood vessels) that affects color and temperature of the skin can also occur. (references) | ||
A recent study indicates that toluene, a solvent found in many commonly abused inhalants including airplane glue, paint sprays, and paint and nail polish removers, activates the brain's dopamine system. (references) | ||
Business | Russian nail care products are inferior to foreign-made ones in terms of quality and design. (references) | |
American professional hair, skin and nail care products and equipment have good chances in the Russian market. (references) | ||
Domestic production of make-up, perfume and nail products cannot compete in quality with well-known foreign brands. (references) | ||
Economic History | Russia | Imports of beauty and health products come mainly from France (31%), Germany (21%), U.K. (15%), and Poland (7%). The U.S. share of the import market is 5%. The best sales prospects include professional skin and hair care products, hair color, professional and mass market make-up, perfumes, spa products, nail care products. (references) |
Human Rights | Iran | This includes women whose clothing does not cover the hair and all parts of the body except the hands and face, or those who wear makeup or nail polish. (references) |
Indonesia | For example, a suspected GAM member told HRW that a joint security force of police, Brimob, and military arrested and blindfolded him on April 2. He said that his interrogators "used pliers to pull the nail off his left thumb, punctured his nose, and caused other scars on his forearm and nipple." Methods of torture documented in the past include beating, whipping, electric shock, and rape. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FIB, n. A lie that has not cut its teeth. An habitual liar's nearest approach to truth: the perigee of his eccentric orbit. When David said: "All men are liars," Dave, Himself a liar, fibbed like any thief. Perhaps he thought to weaken disbelief By proof that even himself was not a slave To Truth; though I suspect the aged knave Had been of all her servitors the chief Had he but known a fig's reluctant leaf Is more than e'er she wore on land or wave. No, David served not Naked Truth when he Struck that sledge-hammer blow at all his race; Nor did he hit the nail upon the head: For reason shows that it could never be, And the facts contradict him to his face. Men are not liars all, for some are dead. Bartle Quinker |
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Richard Shelby | I think homeland security is very important, but you hit the nail on the head. Without a database, without the sharing of information between NSA, CIA, FBI, Immigration and so forth, we're not going anywhere. |
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George Bush | 1989-1993 | If you've got a hammer, find a nail. |
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| "Nail" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 78.79% of the time. "Nail" is used about 626 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 78.79% | 493 | 12,167 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 12.12% | 76 | 38,217 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.22% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.55% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (common) | 0.32% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 626 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "nail" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Nail | Last name | 2,000 | 4,772 |
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| "Nail" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an attainer". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "nail". | |||
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| Persia | N/A | Biblical | A nail |
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| The following table summarizes names related to "Nail." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Nail | Male | Arabic | N/A |
| Naila | Female | Arabic | Nail |
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Expressions using "nail": add a nail to one's coffin ♦ annular ring shanked nail ♦ attack tooth and nail ♦ bang a nail in ♦ beat a nail into ♦ bell headed nail ♦ clout nail ♦ coffin nail ♦ Cut nail ♦ do one's nail ♦ dog nail ♦ door nail ♦ drive a nail ♦ drive a nail home ♦ drive in a nail ♦ drive the nail ♦ eightpenny nail ♦ fight tooth and nail ♦ finger nail ♦ flat headed nail ♦ Flat nail ♦ fourpenny nail ♦ Frost nail ♦ Garden nail ♦ hit the nail of the head ♦ hit the nail on the head ♦ hit the right nail on the head ♦ horse nail ♦ Horsehoe nail ♦ horseshoe nail ♦ Ingrowing nail ♦ Lath nail ♦ nail a coonskin to the wall ♦ nail a lie ♦ nail a notice on a wall ♦ nail ball ♦ nail bed ♦ Nail Biting ♦ nail brush ♦ nail care ♦ nail clipper ♦ nail clippers ♦ Nail Diseases ♦ Nail Disorders ♦ nail down ♦ nail down to a date ♦ nail drawer ♦ nail enamel ♦ nail file ♦ nail gun ♦ nail hole ♦ nail on ♦ nail one's colours to the mast ♦ nail one's eyes on smb. ♦ nail one's eyes on smth. ♦ nail plate ♦ nail plate joint ♦ nail polish ♦ nail polish remover ♦ nail puller ♦ nail remover ♦ nail scissors ♦ nail set ♦ nail to ♦ nail up ♦ nail varnish ♦ nail varnish remover ♦ on the nail ♦ pay on the nail ♦ pull the nail ♦ ring nail ♦ root of a nail ♦ rose nail ♦ Rother nail ♦ scupper nail ♦ sixpenny nail ♦ spoon nail ♦ stub nail ♦ tenpenny nail ♦ To hit the nail on the head ♦ To nail ♦ to nail a lie ♦ to nail an assertion ♦ to the nail ♦ toe nail ♦ tooth and nail ♦ tree nail ♦ wiggle nail ♦ wire nail ♦ wire nail with countersunk head ♦ wood nail ♦ wooden nail ♦ yellow nail syndrome. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "nail": nail-bed, nail-biter, nail-biting, nail-bitingly, nail-brush, nail-care, nail-clipper, nail-clipping, nail-clippings, nail-cutting-out, nail-files, nail-fixed, nail-head, nail-head molding, Nail-headed, Nail-headed characters, Nail-headed molding, nail-heads, nail-holes, nail-like, nail-makers, nail-making, nail-marks, nail-parings, Nail-Patella, Nail-Patella Syndrome, nail-polish, nail-rods, nail-scissored, nail-scissors, nail-studded, nail-tail, nail-tailed kangaroo, nail-tailed wallaby, nail-varnish, nail-varnished. | |
Ending with "nail": finger-nail, thumb-nail. | |
Containing "nail": thumb-nail sketch. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nine inch nail | 2,513 |
nail | 2,305 |
nail art | 1,044 |
nail polish | 838 |
nail fungus | 788 |
nail design | 717 |
acrylic nail | 603 |
nail salon | 475 |
nail gun | 473 |
nail care | 465 |
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| Language | Translations for "nail"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | nael. (various references) | |
Albanian | ngul një gozhdë (drive in a nail), ngul (bite into, dig, drive, drive in, fix, jab, pin down, plant, plunge, post, press in, put, sink, spit, stick, thrust, wrap up), thua (claw, fingernail, toe nail), mbërthej me gozhdë, kthetër (claw, pounce, talon), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang), gozhdoj (attract, chain, nail down, pin, rivet, root, Spike), gozhdë (cleat, Spike, tack), fiksoj (affix, arrange, assign, clinch, fasten, fix, freeze, hang, impress, Mount, pin down, pose, print, secure, set, settle, stabilize), çapua (spur, talon). (various references) | |
Arabic | مسمار (brad, pin, rivet, spike, staple, tack), لمع الأظافر (do one's nail), سمر (brown, pin, spike, stud, tan), أظافر الأيدي, ثبت في مكان, ظفر (fingernail, success, unguis, victory, win). (various references) | |
Basque | iltze. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разобличавам (expose), хващам (capture, catch, clamp, find out, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, seize, snag, strike, take, take effect, take up, track down), кова (beat, forge, hammer, tilt, work), гвоздей (calk), нокът (claw, fingernail), мярка за дължина (chain, furlong, link, pole, rod), заковавам (board, board up, fasten with nails, fix, immobilize, nail down, transfix), забивам (drive in, embed, fix, grind into, hammer, jab, knock home, plant, plunge, ram, sink, smash, stick, thrust, thrust in), арестувам (apprehend, arrest, attach, bring in, bust, impound, nab, nip, pick up, pinch, pull, rap, restrain, round up, run in, secure, seize, take in, take up), подковавам (brief, horseshoe, prepare, shoe), пипвам (catch, cop, feel, grab, nab, nip, pinch, pull, rap, snag, touch), изобличавам (denounce, show up). (various references) | |
Chinese | 釘子 (snag), 釘 , '子. (various references) | |
Czech | nehet (fingernail), zatlouci (knock in, nail up), pobít (flog), přibít (tack), hřebík (tack, tooth), dráp (claw, pounce, talon), cvoèek (shoe-nail). (various references) | |
Danish | søm (cannon, Hypodermic needle used for injecting drugs, lacing, needle, point, seam, seaming, sharp, skirt, spike), negl (fingernail, toenail, unguis). (various references) | |
Dutch | nagelen, nagel (callous growth, clavus, clip, corn). (various references) | |
Esperanto | najlo, najli, ungo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | negl, seymur. (various references) | |
Farsi | میخ سرپهن (Hobnail), میخ (Peg, Spike), چنگال (Claw, Clef, Clutch, Fork, Grain, Paw, Pitchfork, Prong, Rake, Talon), چنگ (Claw, Clutch, Grapple, Grip, Gripe, Sackbut, Uncus), ناخن (Claw, Talon, Ungual), کوبیدن (Beat, Bruise, Grind, Hammer, Knock, Mallet, Pash, Pound, Ram, Smite, Stave, Stub, Thrash, Thresh), قاپیدن (Grab, Grasp, Nab, Pinch, Raven, Ravish, Seize, Snap, Snatch), گل میخ (Doornail, Hobnail, Spile, Stud), گرفتن (Capture, Catch, Cease, Circle, Detract, Devest, Educe, Engage, Front, Grab, Gripe, Hold, Kindle, Obtain, Obturate, Pickup, Snatch, Take, Wed), سم (Hoof, Poison, Venom), زدن (Abaction, Amputate, Attain, Beat, Bop, Bruise, Clout, Cut, Haze, Imprint, Inject, Koran, Lam, Light, Lodge, Mallet, Play, Poke, Pop, Shoot, Slap, Slat, Smite, Snip, Strike, Stroke, Whack), بامیخ کوبیدن , بامیخ الصاق کردن , بدام انداختن (Decoy, Ensnare, Entrap, Hook, Inveigle, Snare, Trap, Trepanation). (various references) | |
Finnish | naula (hobnail, lb, peg, pound, spike), kynsi (claw, talon). (various references) | |
French | ongle, clouer, clou. (various references) | |
Frisian | neil (fingernail), spikerje, spiker. (various references) | |
German | Nagel (calk, hobnail, peg, pin, Spike, stud, tack), nageln (hobnail, nailing, nails, pin, stud, tack, to nail). (various references) | |
Greek | καρφί (clincher, cramp, nobby, spike, spike tooth, stud, tack, wire nail), νύχι (bolt, catch, claw, click, finger nail, fork, latch, pawl, pin, rack element, ratchet, talon), πρόκα (clout nail, flat headed nail). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מסמר (gad, peg, pin, rivet, stud), ית"" (peg), ית" (pale, peg, pin, stake, strut, stud, tack, wedge), למסמר, לתקוע מסמר, לסמור (bristle, fasten, stiffen), לסמר (harden, rivet, stiffen), צפורן (claw, talon), צפצרן (fingernail), סכ" (brooch, clip, pin, pinpoint). (various references) | |
Hungarian | köröm (claw, dent, finger nail, fingernail, toenail), szeg (peg, pin, spike, stud, tack, to hem). (various references) | |
Indonesian | paku (brad, peg, spike), kuku (claw). (various references) | |
Irish | tairneáil. (various references) | |
Italian | chiodo (button, callous growth, clavus, corn, dog spike, fixed idea, pin, piton, rail spike, railroad spike, rivet, screw spike, spike, stud, tack, track spike, traffic stud), unghia (claw, fingernail, hoof, toenail, unguis), inchiodare (fix, nail down, rivet, tack). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 釘 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くぎ (meaning of a phrase, sacrifice, sacrificial animal, ward assemblyman). (various references) | |
Korean | 못. (various references) | |
Malay | paku, kuku. (various references) | |
Manx | treiney, treinaghey (nail down). (various references) | |
Mohawk | karonware. (various references) | |
Norwegian | spiker, negl. (various references) | |
Occitan | clavèl. (various references) | |
Papago | klahwo. (various references) | |
Papiamen | uña, klabu, klabo, klaba. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | prego (Brad, dowel, fingernail, kingpin, pin, Spike, spike tooth, tack, wire nail), unha (fingernail, toenail), cravo (blackhead, button, carnation, fingerprint, gilt, harpsichord, harpy, hoop rivet, pink, rivet, Spike, sweet-William, traffic stud). (various references) | |
Romanian | unghie (claw, hoof), prinde (acquire, apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, find out, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grow, hang, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, regain, round up, seize, set, shut, stitch, strike, succeed, tack, take, tie, work), pironi (fix, Spike), piron (holdfast), fixa cu cuie, fixa (accommodate, adapt, adjust, affix, anchor, appoint, arrange, arrest, ascertain, assess, assign, attach, attune, bed, bind, bond, brace, clamp, clasp, define, determine, dog, establish, fasten, find, fit, fix, hitch, immobilize, impact, imprint, indicate, ingrain, lay, make fast, Mount, nail down, name, nominate, pin, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, settle, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune), cui (cotter, peg, pin, rough, Spike, sprig, stud, whose), bate în cuie (nail up), ştift (cotter, finger, peg, stud), aţinti (fix, focus, rivet), înhãţa (grab, grasp, gripe, nab, seize, take), înşfãca (get hold of, grab, grasp, gripe, nab, snap, snatch), ţintui (arrest, charm, clench, clinch, fascinate, fasten, fasten on, fasten upon, fix, nail down, peg at, pin, rivet, stud, tack), ţintã (aim, blaze, butt, clout, design, end, goal, hobnail, ideal, object, objective, peg, pin, purport, purpose, pursuit, tack, target, weltnail, whither). (various references) | |
Russian | схватить (capture, catch, clutch, get, get hold of, grapple, gripe, nab, nip, seize, snap up, snatch, tackle), коготь (claw, pounce, talon), гвоздь (hobnail), ноготь (fingernail, finger-nail, toenail), приколачивать (fasten with nails), прибивать гвозди, поймать (capture, catch, catch hold of, caught 2, hunt down, land, lime, nab, pin down, snaffle bit). (various references) | |
Scottish | tarag. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nokat, zakovati (nail down, rivet), utvrditi (affirm, clinch, consolidate, determine, entrench, establish, fortify, nail down, stipulate), prikucati (hammer), pričvrstiti (affix, attach, fasten, hitch, moor, seal, stay), pogoditi (affect, hit, plug, score), ekser (dog nail, spike), čavao. (various references) | |
Shona | chipikiri. (various references) | |
Spanish | uña (arm, bill, claw, feather, fingernail, palm, peak, prong), clavo (clove, dog nail, hobnail, ore mass, pin, Spike, stud), enclavar (embed, enclave, lock up, Pierce, swindle), clavar (drive, embed, fasten, jab, knock in, nail down, plunge, press in, rivet, sink, Spike, stick, strike, thrust). (various references) | |
Sranan | nangra, nagri. (various references) | |
Swedish | spika (Spike, tack), spik (hobnail, spike, tack), nagel (bolt, nog, rivet, spike), nubb (spike, tack). (various references) | |
Tagalog | pakò. (various references) | |
Thai | เล็บ, ตอกตะปู, ตะปู. (various references) | |
Turkish | yakalamak (account, bag, catch, catch hold of, catch up on, claw hold of, clutch, collar, cop, embrace, entrap, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hook, intercept, nab, nobble, overtake, pinch, pull up to, seize, seize on, snap up, snatch, tackle, take, take up, trap), vurmak (bang, bat, beat, beat down, bruise, bust, catapult, catch, chime, clap, clip, clout, dash, deal, grass, gun, hit, impinge, inflict, kayo, knock, land, lay out, lay to, Lodge, Mall, pack, percuss, pip, plant, plonk, plug, plunk, pound, prick, pummel, punch, putt, ram, shoot, shoot off, slog, smash, sock, strike, stroke, stub, swat, swinge, switch, whack, zap), tırnak (cam, claw, fingernail), meydana çıkarmak (bring to light, catch out, dig up, elicit, reveal, show), mıhlamak (transfix), kavramak (absorb, apperceive, appreciate, apprehend, bite, catch, catch on, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, come home, compass, comprehend, conceive, cup, dawn on, digest, discern, fathom, get, get a grip, get hold of, grasp, grip, hold, latch on to, perceive, pick up, realize, see into, seize, sum up, twig, understand), çivilemek (nail down, tack down), çivi çakmak (drive the nail), çivi (cotter, crampon, crampoon, wedge). (various references) | |
Turkmen | зьяlemek, зья. (various references) | |
Ukranian | цвях, теслярувати (carpenter), кіготь (claw, pounce), ніготь, нагель (dowel, nog, peg), закріпити успіх, арештувати (bring up, nab, nip, nobble, put under arrest, run in, shop, take into custody), привертати увагу (attract attention), прибивати цвяхами, поцупити (nab, nibble, nip, pilfer, pull, scrounge, snitch, walk away, walk off, win). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sung sức (force), ho n to n đúng, được tập luyện kỹ cứng rắn. (various references) | |
Welsh | hoelio, hoel, ewin (claw, hoof, talon), cethren (spear), cethr (spear). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | umbin. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | clavus, ungue, ungues, unguis. (various references) |
| Old North French | 1200-1500 | taque. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Zechariah Chapter 10, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ex autou epebleyen kai ex autou etaxen kai ex autou toxon en qumw ex autou exeleusetai paV o exelaunwn en tw autw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ex ipso angulus ex ipso paxillus ex ipso arcus proelii ex ipso egredietur omnis exactor simul |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Of hym corner, and of him a litil pale, of hym bowe of batel, and of hym eche exactour, or vniust axer, shal go out togidre. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle-bow, out of him every oppressor together. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | From him will come the keystone, from him the nail, from him the bow of war, from him will come every ruler; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Zechariah Chapter 10, Verse 4 |
| Bulgarian | От Него ще излезе краеъгълният камък, От Него колът, От Него боевият лък, А, заедно с тях, от Него всеки първенец. |
| Cebuano | Gikan kaniya mogula ang bato sa pamag-ang, gikan kaniya ang lansang, gikan kaniya ang busogan-nga-iggugubat, gikan kaniya ang magbubuot sa tingub gayud. |
| Chinese | 房 ' 石 、 釘 子 、 爭 戰 的 " 、 ' 一 切 掌 權 的 、 都 從 他 而 出 。 |
| Croatian | od njega æe poteæi kamen zaglavni, klin šatorski, od njega ubojit luk, od njega sve voðe. |
| Danish | Fra ham kommer Hjørne og Teltpæl, fra ham kommer Krigens Bue, fra ham kommer hver en Hersker. |
| Dutch | Van hetzelve zal de hoeksteen, van hetzelve zal de nagel, van hetzelve zal de strijdboog, te zamen zullen van hetzelve alle drijvers voortkomen. |
| Finnish | Siitä on lähtevä kulmakivi, siitä kiinnityspaalu, siitä sotajousi, siitä lähtevät käskijät kaikki. |
| French | De lui sortira l`angle, de lui le clou, de lui l`arc de guerre; De lui sortiront tous les chefs ensemble. |
| German | Die Ecksteine, Nägel, Streitbogen, alle Herrscher sollen aus ihnen selbst herkommen; |
| Haitian Creole | M'ap fè anpil ladan yo tounen chèf, kòmandan lame ak sòlda ki gen ladrès pou goumen. Se nan pèp la menm m'ap fè chèf ki pou gouvènen yo soti. |
| Hungarian | Közülök támad a szegletkõ, közülök a szeg, közülök a harczi ív, közülök egyszersmind minden sarczoló. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dari antara mereka akan Kupilih penguasa, pemimpin, dan panglima yang akan memerintah umat-Ku." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dari padanya juga batu penjuru, dari padanya juga pasak, dari padanya juga busur peperangan, dan dari padanya juga akan keluar segala yang bernama panglima! |
| Italian | Da lui uscir la pietra d'angolo, da lui il chiodo, da lui l'arco di guerra, da lui tutti quanti i condottieri. |
| Korean | 모 퉁 이 돌 이 그 에 게 로 서, 말 뚝 이 그 에 게 로 서, 싸 우 " 활 이 그 에 게 로 서, 권 세 잡 은 자 가 다 일 히 그 에 게 로 서 나 와 서 |
| Maori | No roto i a ia te putanga ake o te kohatu o te kokonga, no roto i a ia te whao, no roto i a ia te kopere mo te tatauranga, no roto i a ia nga kaiakiaki katoa, rupeke, rupeke. |
| Modern Greek | Απ' αυτου εξηλθεν η γωνια, απ' αυτου ο πασσαλος, απ' αυτου το πολεμικον τοξον, απ' αυτου πας ηγεμων ομου. |
| Norwegian | Fra det* skal hjørnestenene komme, fra det naglene** , fra det krigsbuene - fra det skal alle herskere utgå. # <* Judas hus.> # <** JES 22, 23. 25.> |
| Portuguese | De Judá sairá a pedra angular, dele a estaca da tenda, dele o arco de guerra, dele sairão todos os chefes. |
| Rumanian | Din el va iewi Piatra din capul unghiului, din el va iewi yqruwul, din el va iewi arcul de rqzboi; din el vor iewi toate cqpeteniile laolaltq. |
| Russian | йЪ ОЕЗП 'Х"ЕФ ЛТБЕХЗПМШОЩК ЛБНЕОШ, ЙЪ ОЕЗП--ЗЧПЪ"Ш, ЙЪ ОЕЗП--МХЛ "МС 'ТБОЙ, ЙЪ ОЕЗП ТПЙЪПК"ХФ ЧУЕ ОБТП"П ТБЧЙФЕМЙ. |
| Spanish | De él saldrá la piedra angular, de él la estaca, de él el arco de guerra y de él también el gobernante. |
| Swedish | Från den hjorden skall en hörnsten komma, från den en stödjepelare, från den en båge till striden, från den allt vad styresman heter. >Jer. 30,21. |
| Thai | ศิลามุมเอกออกมาจากเขา หมุ"ขึงเต็นท์ออกมาจากเขา คันธนูรบศึกออกมาจากเขา และผู้บีบบังคับทุกคนออกมาจากเขา"้วยกัน |
| Ukrainian | З нього буде наріжник, із нього кілок, з нього лук бойовий, з нього вийдуть керманичі разом усі, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nail": nailbrush, nailbrushes, nailed, nailer, nailers, nailfold, nailfolds, nailhead, nailheads, nailing, nails, nailset, nailsets. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "nail": agnail, doornail, fingernail, hangnail, hobnail, renail, snail, tenail, thumbnail, toenail, treenail, trenail, unnail. (additional references) | |
Words containing "nail": agnails, canaille, canailles, doornails, fingernails, hangnails, hobnailed, hobnailing, hobnails, renailed, renailing, renails, snailed, snailing, snaillike, snails, tenaille, tenailles, tenails, thumbnails, toenailed, toenailing, toenails, treenails, trenails, unnailed, unnailing, unnails. (additional references) | |
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"Nail" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aneil, anell, anila, naaa, naai, naal, Naali, Naaucl, nabil, Nabila, naci, nacl, nadii, Naeem, Naei, Nael, nagl, nai, n'ai, naib, naie, naig, naih, naij, Naila, naile, Nailhac, Nailz, naim, Na'im, nain, naio, naip, nair, Nait, naiu, naiv, naji, Najin, naki, nal, nalb, nalf, nalg, na'lu, Namik, Namiq, Naniel, nanil, naoi, napil, Napl, naqi, Naqib, narial, narl, nasil, nau, naul, Naum, navil, naxi, nayi, Nayib, nayl, Nayla, nayle, nayo, nazil, nei, neil, neill, neily, neiz, nfil, ngael, nia, niae, niag, Niam, niav, Niaz, nicl, niel, nihl, nilb, nilc, nile, nili, niln, nilo, noall, nobil, noile, Nsai, nui, nuil, Nuul, nyaaah. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "nail" (pronounced nā"l) |
| 3 | n ā" l | snail. |
| 2 | -ā" l | ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, braille, Carrell, curtail, dale, derail, detail, entail, exhale, fail, flail, frail, gale, grail, hail, Hale, impale, inhale, jail, kail, kale, mail, maile, male, pail, pale, prevail, quail, quale, rail, sail, sale, scale, shale, stale, surveil, tail, tale, trail, tramell, travail, unveil, Vail, Vale, veil, wail, Wale, whale. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: anil, lain. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-n" | |
-1 letter: ail, ain, ani, lin, nil. | |
-2 letters: ai, al, an, in, la, li, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-n" | |
+1 letter: algin, alien, align, aline, aloin, anile, anils, anvil, binal, blain, elain, final, inlay, lanai, lapin, liana, liane, liang, ligan, liman, linac, linga, nails, nidal, nival, plain, slain, snail, vinal. | |
+2 letters: ablins, agnail, ailing, alanin, albino, aldrin, alevin, alexin, algins, aliens, aligns, alined, aliner, alines, alkine, alnico, aloins, alpine, alumin, alumni, alvine, anilin, animal, annuli, anvils, baling, blains, calkin, caplin, carlin, catlin, clinal, denial, elains, entail, eolian, finale, finals, finial, flavin, gainly, genial, gingal, haling, hyalin, infall, inhale, inhaul, inlace, inlaid, inland, inlays, instal, inwall, island, jingal, kalian, kaolin, lacing, lading, ladino, laking, lamina, laming, lanais, lapins, larine, lasing, latino, lattin, laving, lawine, lawing, laying, lazing, lianas, lianes, liangs, lienal, ligand, ligans, limans, limina, linacs, linage, lineal, linear, lingam, lingas, lingua, litany, lumina, mainly, malign, maline, malkin, manila, marlin, menial, nailed, nailer, narial, nasial, nilgai, nilgau, oilcan, oilman, paling, paulin, penial, pineal, pinnal, plains, plaint, pliant, ratlin, renail, rhinal, salina, saline, signal, silane, silvan, snails, spinal, talion, tenail, tincal, tineal, trinal, uncial, unlaid, unnail, urinal, vainly, valine, veinal, venial, vinals, vineal, waling, xenial, zanily. | |
+3 letters: abelian, ablings, aclinic, actinal, acyloin, addling, aeolian, affinal, agnails, aiblins, aileron, ailment, ainsell, airline, alanine, alanins, alation, albinal, albinic, albinos, albumin, aldrins, alevins, alexine, alexins, aliened, alienee, aliener, alienly, alienor, aligned, aligner, aliment, alimony, aliners, alining, aliunde, alkalin, alkines, allicin, allying, alnicos, alpines, alumina, alumine, alumins, alunite, ambling, analgia, anality, ancilla, aneling, angelic, anginal, anglice, angling, angrily, aniline, anilins, anility, animals, anisole, ankling, annelid, anthill, anticly, antiflu, antilog, antlike, antlion, anviled, argling, atingle, bailing, bairnly, balding, balking, balling, basinal, bawling, biplane, bizonal, blaming, blaring, blawing, blazing, cabling, calcine, calking, calkins, calling, calming, calving, cannily, cannoli, capelin, caplins, carinal, carline, carling, carlins, catling, catlins, cauline, cingula, clarion, clawing, claying, coalbin, coaling, conical, cranial, cynical, dandily, darling, dealing, delaine, denials, dialing, diurnal, eanling, elapine, elastin, elating, elation, elysian, encinal, engrail, entails, exilian, explain, fabling, failing, faintly, falling, fancily, fanlike, fantail, fatling, finable, finagle, finales, finalis, finally, finials, finical, flaking, flaming, flaring, flavine, flavins, flawing, flaying, foaling, folacin, gabling, gainful, galenic, gallein, galling, ganglia, gaoling, gelatin, geminal, genital, gingall, gingals, glaring, glazing, gliadin, goaling, graplin, hailing, haloing, halting, halving, handily, hauling, healing, hernial, hobnail, hyaline, hyalins, impanel, implant, inanely, inaptly, incisal, inclasp, incudal, infalls, inflame, inflate, inhaled, inhaler, inhales, inhauls, initial, inlaced, inlaces, inlands, inlayer, inocula, install, instals, insular, intagli, inthral, intimal, inulase, invalid, invital, inwalls, islands, jailing, jalapin, javelin, jawline, jingall, jingals, kalians, kaoline, kaolins, lacings, lacking, laconic, ladings, ladinos, ladling, ladykin, lagging, lairing, lakings, lalling, lambing, lambkin, laminae, laminal, laminar, laminas, lamming, lamping, lampion, lancing, landing, languid, laniard, laniary, lanital, lankier, lankily, lanolin, lapping, lapsing, lapwing, larding, larking, lashing, lashins, lasting, lathing, latinos, latrine, lattins, lauding, lauwine, lawines, lawings, lazying, leading, leafing, leaking, leaning, leaping, leasing, leaving, lesbian, liaison, lianoid, liftman, ligands, limacon, liminal, linable, linages, linalol, lindane, lineage, lineate, lineman, lingams, linguae, lingual, linkage, linkman, linsang, loading, loafing, loaming, loaning, logania, luminal, lunatic, mailing, mailman, mailmen, maligns, malines, malison, malkins, malling, malting, mandril, mangily, manilas, manilla, manille, maniple, manlier, manlike, manlily, marline, marling, marlins, matinal, maudlin, mauling, melanic, melanin, menials, midland, milkman, minable, mineral, minilab, minimal, mislain, misplan, nadiral, nailers, nailing, nailset, naively, nargile, nastily, nattily, nauplii, nautili, nilgais, nilgaus, nilghai, nilghau, nodical, nominal, nuptial, nylghai, oilcans, opaline, ordinal, outlain, paginal, painful, paladin, palings, palling, palming, panicle, pantile, parling, paulins, pealing, pelican, pinball, pineals, pinnula, pintail, pinwale, placing, plained, plainer, plainly, plaints, planing, planish, plasmin, platina, plating, playing, pliancy, pluvian, praline, ptyalin, quinela, quintal, railing, rainily, ralline, ratline, ratlins, ravelin, realign, reginal, relaxin, reliant, renails, retinal, riantly, rimland, ruminal, sailing, saintly, salicin, salient, salinas, salines, salpian, salpinx, saltine, salting, salving, sanicle, sapling, scaleni, scaling, sealing, seminal, signals, silanes, silvans, slainte, slaking, slating, slaving, slaying, snailed, snakily, solanin, spaniel, spinals, spinula, splenia, staling, sundial, tabling, tailfan, tailing, talcing, talions, talking, tawnily, tenails, tincals, toenail, trenail, ulpanim, unagile, unalike, uncials, uncinal, unideal, unnails, unplait, urinals, vaginal, vailing, valiant, valines, valonia, valuing, valving, vanilla, vealing, ventail, vialing, vicinal, villain, viminal, vincula, wailing, walking, walling, wauling, wawling, whaling, yawling, yealing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 61 69 6C |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .- .. .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100001 01101001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N a i l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0061 0069 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48677578 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Frequency 16. Names: Derived from | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Bible Trace 22. Abbreviations 23. Acronyms 24. Derivations | 25. Rhymes 26. Anagrams 27. Orthography 28. Bibliography |
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