Nail Down

  

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Nail Down

Definitions: Nail Down

Nail Down

Verb

1. 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 Down

Synonyms: 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)

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Crosswords: Nail Down

English words defined with "nail down": carpet tack. (references)
Specialty definitions using "nail down": HEEL-SEAT LASTER, MACHINEToe Popper. (references)

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Modern Usage: Nail Down

DomainUsage

Clever

Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin? (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Nail Down

DomainTitle

Books

  • Nail down the stars (reference)

  • Today's Top Tax-Free Income Building Ideas: 46 Ways to Nail Down Tax-Free Income (reference)

  • Travel & Entertainment Deduction Guide: With Answers to 201 Vital Questions on How to Nail Down Big Cash Savings Under the All-New T&E Setup (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Nail Down

Computer Images:
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Use in Literature: Nail Down

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He got out of the coffin, and assisted Fauchelevent to nail down the lid again.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: Nail Down

Expression using "nail down": nail down to a date. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Nail Down

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.

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Anagrams: Nail Down

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Nail Down


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 61 69 6C      44 6F 77 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01100001 01101001 01101100 00100000 01000100 01101111 01110111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#97 &#105 &#108 &#32 &#68 &#111 &#119 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0061 0069 006C      0044 006F 0077 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

48677578238818980

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INDEX

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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