
Open English Wordnet
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)nail down, nail, pegsucceed in obtaining a position“He nailed down a spot at Harvard” (v)pinpoint, naillocate exactly“can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?”,
“The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome”