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- Dictionarynailed/neɪld/
adjective
- 1. fastened or constructed with nails: "a nailed coffin"
- 2. having fingernails or toenails of a specified kind: "long-nailed fashion models"
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NAILED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of nail 2. to fasten something with nails: 3. to catch someone…. Learn more.
to catch someone, especially when they are doing something wrong, or to make it clear that they are guilty:
1. To fasten, join, or attach with or as if with a nail. 2. To cover, enclose, or shut by fastening with nails: nail up a window. 3. To keep fixed, motionless, or intent: Fear nailed me to my seat. 4. Slang. a. To stop and seize; catch: Police nailed the suspect. b.
a. : a horny sheath protecting the upper end of each finger and toe of humans and most other primates. b. : a structure (such as a claw) that terminates a digit and corresponds to a nail. 2. : a slender usually pointed and headed fastener designed to be pounded in. nail.
Synonyms for NAILED: hit, smacked, knocked, slapped, banged, slammed, punched, pounded; Antonyms of NAILED: confused, muddled, unsettled, muddied, disguised, masked, concealed, hid
Nailed definition: Simple past tense and past participle of <i><a>nail.</a></i>.
"nailed" is a correct and usable word in written English. You can use it to describe something that has been fixed firmly in place, or to describe something that has been done with skill and precision. For example: "Our team nailed the presentation, and were praised by the client.".
a small, thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat end that you hit into something with a hammer, especially in order to fasten or join it to something else: a three-inch nail. I stepped on a nail sticking out of the floorboards. hammer a nail Hammer a nail into the wall and we'll hang the mirror from it.
Definition of nail verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Slang. to hit (a person): He nailed him on the chin with an uppercut in the first round. to focus intently on an object or subject: She kept her eyes nailed on the suspicious customer. Obs. to stud with or as if with nails.
