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noun | verb nailnail1 /neɪl/ ●●● S2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYnail1Origin: Old English nægl ► pound/hammer a nail into something The workmen were busy hammering nails into the floor. ► long/short nails The girl had long red nails. ► cut/trim/file your nails I need to cut my nails. ► bite ... nails Don’t bite your nails. ► broke a nail Oh no. I broke a nail. 1 a thin pointed piece of metal that you force into a piece of wood with a hammer to fasten the wood to something else: pound/hammer a nail into something The workmen were busy hammering nails into the floor.2science, biology the hard smooth layer on the ends of your fingers and toes: She scratched his face with her nails.long/short nails The girl had long red nails.cut/trim/file your nails I need to cut my nails. Don’t bite your nails. Oh no. I broke a nail.3a nail in somebody’s/something’s coffin something bad that will help to destroy someone’s success or hopes: The report is another nail in the coffin for the tobacco industry.4as tough/hard as nails extremely determined or strict: Jewson’s lawyers are as tough as nails. [Origin: Old English nægl] → see also you’ve hit the nail on the head at hit1 (14) noun | verb nailnail2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEnail |
Present | I, you, we, they | nail | | he, she, it | nails | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | nailed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have nailed | | he, she, it | has nailed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had nailed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will nail | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have nailed |
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Present | I | am nailing | | he, she, it | is nailing | | you, we, they | are nailing | Past | I, he, she, it | was nailing | | you, we, they | were nailing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been nailing | | he, she, it | has been nailing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been nailing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be nailing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been nailing |
► nailed ... shut Someone nailed the windows shut. 1to fasten something to something else with a nail or nails: Someone nailed the windows shut.nail something to something He nailed the sign to a tree.2informal to catch someone and prove that he or she is guilty of a crime or something bad: nail somebody for something Williams was nailed for fraud.3informal to do something exactly right, or to be exactly correct: She nailed a superb jump.4nail somebody to the wall/cross to punish someone severelynail down phrasal verb informal1nail something ↔ down to reach a final and definite decision about something: They finally managed to nail down an agreement.2nail something ↔ down to fasten something so that it cannot move, by forcing nails into it: They nailed down the lid.3nail somebody down to make someone say clearly what he or she wants or intends to do: I still haven’t nailed him down on a definite price. |