fingernail /ˈfɪŋ.ɡə.neɪl/ aep /-ɡɚ-/ noun [C] (ALSO nail)
► B2 the hard, slightly curved part that covers and protects the top of the end of a finger: » dirty fingernails» She had long red fingernails.See picture: fingernail
See picture: nail
Thesaurus+: ↑The hand
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Extra Examples:» She dug her fingernails into my wrist.» He bites his fingernails - it's an infuriating habit.- ↑Renting property
- ↑Repeating an action
- ↑Replacing and exchanging
- ↑Representation in art and in general
- ↑Reptile and amphibian names
- ↑Republics and kingdoms
- ↑Reputation
- ↑Respiratory disorders
- ↑Responding to an attack
- ↑Restaurants and cafes
- ↑Restoring and reviving
- ↑Resuscitation
- ↑Retailing
- ↑Retiring and resigning from work
- ↑Returning to a place
- ↑Revealing secrets and becoming known
- ↑Revenge and vengefulness
- ↑Revolving, rotating and spinning
- ↑Road junctions
- ↑Road surfaces and features
- ↑Rodents and similar animals
- ↑Romantic and sexual partners
- ↑Roofs and parts of roofs
- ↑Rooms
- ↑Rough, irregular and uneven