Definition as Noun

• horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
• a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
• a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

Definition as Verb

• attach something somewhere by means of nails
• succeed at easily
• take into custody
• complete a pass
• succeed in obtaining a position
• locate exactly
• hit hard

• breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through

• collar, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop

• complete

• nail down, peg

• pinpoint

• smash, boom, blast

• "nail the board onto the wall"

• "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"

• "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

• "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

• "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"

• "He smashed a 3-run homer"

• Nail vs breeze through
• Nail vs ace
• Nail vs pass with flying colors
• Nail vs sweep through
• Nail vs sail through
• Nail vs collar
• Nail vs apprehend
• Nail vs arrest
• Nail vs pick up
• Nail vs nab
• Nail vs cop
• Nail vs complete
• Nail vs nail down
• Nail vs peg
• Nail vs pinpoint
• Nail vs smash
• Nail vs boom
• Nail vs blast