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21nail — n. & v. n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a hammer to join things together or to serve as a peg, protection (cf. HOBNAIL), or decoration. 2 a a horny covering on the upper surface of the tip of the …
22Nail — In medicine, there are two types of nails. One is just a plain old metal nail used to hold 2 or more pieces of bone together, for example, after a fracture. The other type of nail is the horny plate on the end of the finger or toe. Each nail… …
23nail — 1 noun (C) 1 a thin pointed piece of metal which you force into a piece of wood with a hammer to fasten the wood to something else 2 the hard smooth layer on the ends of your fingers and toes: Damn! I ve just broken a nail. 3 a nail in sb s/sth s …
24nail — {{11}}nail (n.) O.E. negel metal pin, nægl fingernail (handnægl), toenail, from P.Gmc. *naglaz (Cf. O.N. nagl fingernail, nagli metal nail; O.S., O.H.G. nagel, O.Fris. neil, M.Du. naghel, Du. nagel, Ger. Nagel …
25nail — nail1 [ neıl ] noun count ** 1. ) a thin pointed piece of metal that you use to attach one thing to another by hitting it with a hammer 2. ) the smooth hard part that grows over the ends of your fingers and toes: to cut/file your nails I ve told… …
26nail — [[t]ne͟ɪl[/t]] nails, nailing, nailed 1) N COUNT A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat end. You hit the flat end with a hammer in order to push the nail into something such as a wall. A mirror hung on a nail above the… …
27nail — I UK [neɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms nail : singular nail plural nails ** 1) a thin pointed piece of metal that you use to fix one thing to another by hitting it with a hammer 2) the smooth hard part that grows over the ends of your… …
28nail — I n. tapered piece of metal 1) to drive, hammer a nail (he drove a nail into the board) 2) to remove a nail 3) a loose nail horny substance growing at the ends of fingers and toes 4) to cut, pare, trim; do; file; manicure; polish one s nails 5)… …
29nail — ag·nail; hang·nail; nail; nail·abil·i·ty; nail·er; nail·ery; nail·less; nail·sea; te·nail·lon; un·nail; tree·nail; …
30nail — n. a horny structure, composed of keratin, formed from the epidermis on the dorsal surface of each finger and toe (see illustration). The exposed part of the nail is the body, behind which is the root. The whitish crescent shaped area at the base …
