nail

Senso (English)

Noun

1. The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
2. The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
3. The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
4. The claw of a bird or other animal.
5. A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.
6. A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
7. An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂₀ of an ell or ¹⁄₁₆ of a yard (2+¹⁄₄ inches or 5.715 cm).

Verb

1. To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
2. To drive a nail.
3. To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
4. (slang) To catch.
5. (slang) To expose as a sham.
6. (slang) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
7. (slang) To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
8. (slang) Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
9. To spike, as a cannon.
10. To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
11. (obsolete,slang) To steal.

Synonyms

claw

fingernail

💅

spike

toenail

peg

hammer

🔨

tack

pin

talon

screw

fasten

nail down

needle

hoof

nab

pound

💷

smash

unguis

fuck

👉👌

boom

💥

hook

🪝

arrest

knock

finger nail

blast

complete

collar

beat

pinpoint

sprig

report

cop

👮

button

stud

sail through

strike

apprehend

nails

pick up

breeze through

nail up

sew

pass with flying colors

spear

finger-nail

lock

🔒

attach

ace

fix

bone

🦴

sweep through

stake

drive in

brad

hit

push in

drive

join

key

🔑

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock on

make out

metal

🤘

mint

onyx

pawl

pinch

play

plow

plug

point

poke

process

punch

👊

puzzle out

racket

ram

🐏

ravel out

resolve

rivet

root

see

👀

seize

settle

shoot

skewer

slap

smite

smooth out

snorter

sober

solve

sort

spell out

spur

stamp out

state

steel

straighten out

stuff

subject

support

swing

take

take in charge

tap

thorn

tip

to

toe

top

🔝

trace

trap

🪤

ungula

unsnarl

untwine

unweave

whip

whop

wire

withhold information

worst

write up

negociate

peg out

puzzle over

research

toe-nail

cattie

unable to

pound into

thump out

fasten temporarily to peg

knock at a door

wire nail

fasten with nails

adjust

bang

bash

bat

🦇

beat out

belt

bonk

box

📦

cannot

canvas

capture

carom

catch

catch up with

chain

clamp

🗜️

clean up

clear

clear up

clinch

clincher

clip

clout

clove

come to

compromise

crucify

decipher

defeat

detent

dick

disentangle

display

doornail

drill

enter

exhibit

explicate

expose

fang

fastening

fathom

fish spear

fork

get

get hold of

grab

hammer out

hanger

hang up

have up

hob

hold up

iron

iron nail

jaw

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/neɪl/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: nail

Inherited from inglese antico: næġl

Cognate with frisone settentrionale: Nail

Cognate with saterfriesisch: Nail

Cognate with frisone occidentale: neil

Cognate with basso tedesco: Nagel

Cognate with olandese: nagel

Cognate with tedesco: Nagel

Cognate with danese: negl

Cognate with svedese: nagel

Cognate with finlandese: naula

Cognate with estone: nael

Cognate with irlandese: ionga

Cognate with latino: unguis

Cognate with albanese: nyell

Cognate with lituano: nagas

Cognate with russo: нога́

Cognate with greco antico: ὄνυξ

Cognate with persiano: ناخن

Cognate with sanscrito: नख

Inherited from inglese medio: naylen

Inherited from inglese antico: næġlan

In summary

From Middle English nail, nayl, Old English næġl, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (“nail”).
Cognates
Compare North Frisian Nail (“nail”), Saterland Frisian Nail (“nail”), West Frisian neil, Low German Nagel, Dutch nagel, German Nagel, Danish negl, Swedish nagel, Finnish naula (“nail”), Estonian nael (“nail”), (compare Irish ionga, Latin unguis, Albanian nyell (“ankle, hard part of a limb”), Lithuanian nagas, Russian нога́ (nogá, “foot, leg”), но́готь (nógotʹ, “nail”), Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Persian ناخن (nâxon), Sanskrit नख (nakhá).