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Results for: "nail"

Translating from English to Hebrew

Translations:

nail — on fingers and toes
→ ציפורן (tzippóren) f
→ צִפֹּרֶן (tsipporen) f
nail — employ a nail as a fastener
→ מִסְמֵר (mismér) with a nail specifically
→ סִמֵּר (simér)

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (3)

1. horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits;

2. a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener;

3. a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard;


VERB (7)

1. attach something somewhere by means of nails;
- Example: "nail the board onto the wall"

2. take into custody;
- Example: "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
[syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop]

3. hit hard;
- Example: "He smashed a 3-run homer"
[syn: smash, nail, boom, blast]

4. succeed in obtaining a position;
- Example: "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
[syn: nail down, nail, peg]

5. succeed at easily;
- Example: "She sailed through her exams"
- Example: "You will pass with flying colors"
- Example: "She nailed her astrophysics course"
[syn: breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail]

6. locate exactly;
- Example: "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"
- Example: "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
[syn: pinpoint, nail]

7. complete a pass;
[syn: complete, nail]