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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
Types & categories
- horny structure hypernym
- fingernail hyponym
- toenail hyponym
Parts & wholes
- integumentary system part holonym
- dactyl part holonym
- lunula part meronym
- matrix part meronym
Sense 2 verb
attach something somewhere by means of nails
nail the board onto the wall
Types & categories
- attach hypernym
Related & opposite
- narrow down also see
- nail derivation
- nailer derivation
Sense 3 noun
a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
Types & categories
- fastening hypernym
- brad hyponym
- clout nail hyponym
- doornail hyponym
- eightpenny nail hyponym
- fourpenny nail hyponym
- hobnail hyponym
- sixpenny nail hyponym
- spike hyponym
- staple hyponym
- stub nail hyponym
- tack hyponym
- tenpenny nail hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- nail derivation
Sense 4 verb
take into custody
the police nabbed the suspected criminals
Types & categories
- clutch hypernym
Related & opposite
- arrest derivation
- pickup derivation
- apprehender derivation
- cop derivation
Sense 5 noun
a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
Types & categories
- linear unit hypernym
Sense 6 verb
hit hard
He smashed a 3-run homer
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
succeed in obtaining a position
He nailed down a spot at Harvard
Types & categories
- bring home the bacon hypernym
Sense 8 verb
succeed at easily
She sailed through her exams
Types & categories
- make it hypernym
Related & opposite
- whiz derivation
Sense 9 verb
locate exactly
can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?
Types & categories
- locate hypernym
Related & opposite
- speck derivation
Sense 10 verb
complete a pass
Types & categories
- play hypernym
Related & opposite
- completion derivation
- football domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | integumentary system |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | dactyl |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | lunula |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | matrix |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | horny structure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fingernail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | toenail |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | narrow down |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nail |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nailer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attach |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nail |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | clinch |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | head |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | nailhead |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stem |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fastening |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | brad |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clout nail |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | doornail |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eightpenny nail |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fourpenny nail |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hobnail |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sixpenny nail |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spike |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | staple |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stub nail |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tack |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tenpenny nail |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | arrest |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pickup |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehender |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cop |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | clutch |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | linear unit |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | blast |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | smash |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | smasher |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring home the bacon |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | whiz |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | make it |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | speck |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | locate |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | completion |
| 10 | domain topic | Related & opposite | football |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | play |