Nail

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.

   “When I'm nervous I bite my nails.”

2. isim The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
3. isim The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
4. isim The claw of a bird or other animal.
5. isim 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.

   “Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.”

6. isim A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
7. isim 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).
8. fiil To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.

   “He nailed the placard to the post.”

9. fiil To drive a nail.

   “He used the ax head for nailing.”

10. fiil To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.

    “The rivets of their arms were nail'd with gold.”

11. fiil To catch.

    “I pray you now send me some dub, / A bottle or two to the needy. / I beg you won't bring it yourself, / The harman is at the Old-Bailey; / I'd rather you'd send it behalf, / For, if they twig you they'll nail you.”

12. fiil To expose as a sham.
13. fiil To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.

    “I really nailed that test.”

14. fiil To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.

    “Fly-half Ruaridh Jackson departed early with injury but Chris Paterson nailed a penalty from wide out left to give Scotland an early lead, and Jackson's replacement Dan Parks added three more points with a penalty which skimmed over the crossbar.”

15. fiil Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.

    “Allison Reynolds: I'm a nymphomaniac. […] The only person I told was my shrink. / Andrew Clark: And what did he do when you told him? / Allison Reynolds: He nailed me.”

16. fiil To spike, as a cannon.

    “That the Ordinance be not nayled, nor the munition fiered.”

17. fiil To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
18. fiil To steal.

    “Loud was the laughter at this and other remarks about nailing "stooks" (silk pocket handkerchiefs), "clouts" (cotton ditto), german sausages, &c.”

19. özel isim A surname transferred from the nickname.