Nouns

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

Verbs

(v)nailattach something somewhere by means of nails“nail the board onto the wall”
(v)collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, coptake into custody“the police nabbed the suspected criminals”
(v)smash, nail, boom, blasthit with great force“He smashed a 3-run homer”
(v)nail down, nail, pegsucceed in obtaining a position“He nailed down a spot at Harvard”
(v)breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nailsucceed at easily“She sailed through her exams”, “You will pass with flying colors”, “She nailed her astrophysics course”
(v)pinpoint, naillocate exactly“can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?”, “The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome”
(v)complete, nailcomplete a pass