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Definitions: Nail Down |
Nail DownVerb1. Succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard". 2. Define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game". 3. Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Nail DownSynonyms: finalise (v), finalize (v), nail (v), narrow (v), narrow down (v), peg (v), peg down (v), pin down (v), settle (v), specify (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Nail Down |
| English words defined with "nail down": carpet tack. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "nail down": HEEL-SEAT LASTER, MACHINE ♦ Toe Popper. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Clever | Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin? (references; author: unknown) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He got out of the coffin, and assisted Fauchelevent to nail down the lid again. |
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Expression using "nail down": nail down to a date. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "nail down"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shtie në dorë (get into, lay one's hands on, master, secure, seize on), gozhdoj (attract, chain, nail, pin, rivet, root, Spike). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | заковавам (board, board up, fasten with nails, fix, immobilize, nail, transfix). (various references) | |
German | zunageln (board up, nail up), festnageln (nail, pin down, spike, tack down, tie down, to spike). (various references) | |
Hungarian | leszegez (point out, to nail down). (various references) | |
Italian | inchiodare (fix, nail, rivet, tack). (various references) | |
Manx | treinaghey (nail). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailnay ownday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | resolver (choose, compose, conclude, decide, deem, dissolve, figure out, find, fix, iron oxide, meander, resolve, settle, solve, unravel, unriddle, work out), fechar com pregos, cortador de unhas (nail clippers). (various references) | |
Romanian | stabili (appoint, arrange, ascertain, assess, calm, clinch, conclude, constitute, decree, determine, erect, establish, fix, institute, introduce, lay down, Lodge, measure, name, nominate, regulate, set, set out, settle, spot, state, verify), sili sã spunã ce doreşte, 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, name, nominate, pin, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, settle, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune), ţintui (arrest, charm, clench, clinch, fascinate, fasten, fasten on, fasten upon, fix, nail, peg at, pin, rivet, stud, tack). (various references) | |
Russian | заколотить (bang down, board up), поймать на слове (take at word). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zakovati (nail, rivet), utvrditi (affirm, clinch, consolidate, determine, entrench, establish, fortify, nail, stipulate). (various references) | |
Spanish | sujetar con clavos, establecer (base, enter into, erect, establish, establishes, form, found, identify, institute, justify, lay down, locate, naturalize, put up, raise, set, set down, set up, settle, setup, substantiate, take up, to lay down), concretar (specify), clavar (drive, embed, fasten, jab, knock in, nail, plunge, press in, rivet, sink, Spike, stick, strike, thrust). (various references) | |
Swedish | spika igen. (various references) | |
Thai | บังคับให้ (ตั"สินใจ, ตั้งใจ, กระทำ ฯลฯ) เ"็"ขา", ตอกตะปูลง, มั่นใจเกี่ยวกับ. (various references) | |
Turkish | garantiye almak (ensure, guarantee, hedge, insure, make certain, make certain of, sew up), çivilemek (nail, tack down). (various references) | |
Ukranian | прибивати (hammer), приперти до стінки. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-l-n-n-o-w" | |
-2 letters: inland, ladino, wanion. | |
-3 letters: adown, aloin, anion, danio, diwan, donna, indol, indow, nidal, nodal, waldo, woald. | |
-4 letters: alow, anil, anon, awol, dawn, dial, diol, dona, down, idol, laid, lain, land, lawn, lido, linn, lino, lion, load, loan, loin, lown, nail, naoi, nodi, noil, nona, wadi, wail, wain, wand, wild, wind, wino, woad, wold. | |
-5 letters: ado, aid, ail, ain, and, ani, awl, awn, dal, daw, din, dol, don, dow, inn, ion, lad, law, lid, lin, low, nan, naw, nil, nod, now, oil, old, owl, own, wad, wan, win, won. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-l-n-n-o-w" | |
+2 letters: landowning. | |
+3 letters: downloading, downplaying, downscaling, landownings. | |
+5 letters: acknowledging, landownership. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 61 69 6C      44 6F 77 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100001 01101001 01101100 00100000 01000100 01101111 01110111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N a i l   D o w n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0061 0069 006C      0044 006F 0077 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48677578238818980 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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