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NAILED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of nail 2. to fasten something with nails: 3. to catch someone…. Learn more.
to fasten something with nails: nail something to something She had nailed a small shelf to the door. be nailed up A notice had been nailed up on the wall. be nailed down The lid of the box had been nailed down. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Fastening and tying.
He nailed the box shut. infml To nail someone is to catch someone in a dishonest or illegal act : We finally nailed the guys dumping garbage in the park .
1. hit the nail on the head, to say or do exactly the right thing. 2. nail in someone's or something's coffin, something that hastens the demise or failure of a person or thing: Every moment's delay is another nail in his coffin. [before 900; (n.)
Synonyms for NAILED: hit, smacked, knocked, slapped, banged, slammed, punched, pounded; Antonyms of NAILED: confused, muddled, unsettled, muddied, disguised, masked, concealed, hid
A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat end. You hit the flat end with a hammer in order to push the nail into something such as a wall. A mirror hung on a nail above the washstand. He hammered the nail into the branch.
a. : a horny sheath protecting the upper end of each finger and toe of humans and most other primates. b. : a structure (such as a claw) that terminates a digit and corresponds to a nail. 2. : a slender usually pointed and headed fastener designed to be pounded in. nail.
