Nail vs. Needle
Nailnoun
The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
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.
Nailverb
(intransitive) To drive a nail.
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.
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.
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.
Nailverb
To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
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.
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;
Nailverb
take into custody;
Nailverb
hit hard;
Nailverb
succeed in obtaining a position;
Nailverb
succeed at easily;
Nailverb
locate exactly;
Nailverb
complete a pass
Needlenoun
A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.
Needlenoun
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
Needlenoun
A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
Needlenoun
A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
Needlenoun
A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
Needlenoun
}} The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
Needlenoun
A text string that is searched for within another string.
Needleverb
To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
Needleverb
(transitive) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
Needleverb
(transitive) To form in the shape of a needle.
Needlenoun
A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, - used in sewing.
Needlenoun
See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.
Needlenoun
A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.
Needlenoun
One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.
Needlenoun
Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
Needlenoun
A hypodermic needle; a syringe fitted with a hypodermic needle, used for injecting fluids into the body.
Needlenoun
An injection of medicine from a hypodermic needle; a shot.
Needleverb
To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.
Needleverb
To tease (a person), especially repeatedly.
Needleverb
To prod or goad (someone) into action by teasing or daring.
Needleverb
To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.
Needlenoun
as of a conifer
Needlenoun
a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
Needlenoun
a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
Needlenoun
a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
Needleverb
goad or provoke,as by constant criticism;
Needleverb
prick with a needle
