nail
[ neyl ]
/ neɪl /
noun
verb (used with object)
Verb Phrases
nail down,
to make final; settle once and for all: Signing the contract will nail down our agreement.
Idioms for nail
Origin of nail
before 900; (noun) Middle English
nail(l),
nayl(l), Old English
nægl, cognate with Old Frisian
neil, Old Saxon, Old High German
nagal, Dutch
nagel, German
Nagel, Old Norse
nagl fingernail, all < Germanic
*naglaz; akin as derivative to Lithuanian
nãgas, nagà hoof, OPruss
nage foot, OCS
noga leg, foot (Serbo-Croatian
nòga, Czech
noha, Russian
nogá; probably orig. jocular reference to the foot as a hoof), OCS
nogŭtĭ, Tocharian A
maku, B
mekwa fingernail, claw, all < North European Indo-European
*Honogwh-; further akin to Old Irish
ingen, Welsh
ewin, Breton
ivin < Celtic
*ṇgwhīnā, Latin
unguis < Italo-Celtic
*Hongwhi-; Greek
ónyx, stem
onych-, Armenian
ełungn <
*Honogwh-; (v.) Middle English
nail(l)(
e),
nayl(l)e(n), Old English
næglian, cognate with Old Saxon
neglian, Old High German
negilen, Old Norse
negla < Germanic
*nagl-janan; compare Gothic
ganagljan
OTHER WORDS FROM nail
nail·less, adjective nail·like, adjective re·nail, verb (used with object)Words nearby nail
Example sentences from the Web for nail
British Dictionary definitions for nail
nail
/ (neɪl) /
noun
verb (tr)
Derived forms of nail
nailer, noun nail-less, adjectiveWord Origin for nail
Old English
nǣgl; related to Old High German
nagal nail, Latin
unguis fingernail, claw, Greek
onux
Medical definitions for nail
nail
[ nāl ]
n.
A fingernail or toenail.
A slender rod used in operations to fasten together the divided extremities of a broken bone.
Idioms and Phrases with nail
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