Neil vs. Nail
Neil
Neil is a masculine name of Irish origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Irish Niall which is of disputed derivation.
Nailnoun
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.’;
Nailnoun
The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
Nailnoun
The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
Nailnoun
The claw of a bird or other animal.
Nailnoun
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.
Nailnoun
A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.
Nailnoun
An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1/20th of an ell or 1/16th of a yard (2.25 inches or 5.715 cm).
Nailverb
(transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
‘He nailed the placard to the post.’;
Nailverb
(intransitive) To drive a nail.
‘He used the ax head for nailing.’;
Nailverb
(transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
Nailverb
(slang) To catch.
Nailverb
To expose as a sham.
Nailverb
To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
‘I really nailed that test.’;
Nailverb
To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
Nailverb
Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
Nailverb
To spike, as a cannon.
Nailverb
(transitive) To nail down: to make certain, or confirm.
Nailnoun
the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.
‘His nayles like a briddes claws were.’;
Nailnoun
The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
Nailnoun
A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head{2}, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.
Nailnoun
A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.
Nailverb
To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
‘He is now dead, and nailed in his chest.’;
Nailverb
To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
‘The rivets of your arms were nailed with gold.’;
Nailverb
To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion; hence, to catch; to trap.
‘When they came to talk of places in town, you saw at once how I nailed them.’;
Nailverb
To spike, as a cannon.
Nailnoun
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
Nailnoun
a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
Nailnoun
a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
Nailverb
attach something somewhere by means of nails;
‘nail the board onto the wall’;
Nailverb
take into custody;
‘the police nabbed the suspected criminals’;
Nailverb
hit hard;
‘He smashed a 3-run homer’;
Nailverb
succeed in obtaining a position;
‘He nailed down a spot at Harvard’;
Nailverb
succeed at easily;
‘She sailed through her exams’; ‘You will pass with flying colors’; ‘She nailed her astrophysics course’;
Nailverb
locate exactly;
‘can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?’; ‘The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome’;
Nailverb
complete a pass
