Nail vs. Pin

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

Pinnoun

A sewing pin or ballhead pin: a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.

Pinnoun

A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

Pinnoun

A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.

Pinnoun

(wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.

Pinnoun

A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.

Pinnoun

(in plural pins; informal) A leg.

Pinnoun

(electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.

Pinnoun

A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.

Pinnoun

(US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.

Pinnoun

(chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack.

Pinnoun

(golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole

Pinnoun

(curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)

Pinnoun

(dated) A mood, a state of being.

Pinnoun

One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.

Pinnoun

caligo

Pinnoun

A thing of small value; a trifle.

Pinnoun

A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

Pinnoun

(engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.

Pinnoun

The tenon of a dovetail joint.

Pinnoun

A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.

Pinnoun

(informal) A pinball machine.

Pinverb

(often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.

Pinverb

To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.

Pinverb

(wrestling) To pin down (someone).

Pinverb

To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

Pinverb

To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.

Pinverb

To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.

Pinverb

alternative form of peen

Pinverb

To peen.

Pinverb

To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

Pinverb

To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.

Pinnoun

A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.

Pinnoun

Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.

Pinnoun

Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.

Pinnoun

That which resembles a pin in its form or use

Pinnoun

One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.

Pinnoun

The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.

Pinnoun

Mood; humor.

Pinnoun

Caligo. See Caligo.

Pinnoun

An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.

Pinnoun

The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.

Pinnoun

a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment

Pinnoun

when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

Pinnoun

small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

Pinnoun

a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts

Pinnoun

informal terms of the leg;

Pinnoun

axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

Pinnoun

cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown

Pinnoun

flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

Pinnoun

a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things

Pinnoun

a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

Pinnoun

a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in groups as a target

Pinverb

to hold fast or prevent from moving;

Pinverb

attach or fasten with pins

Pinverb

pierce with a pin;

Pinverb

immobilize a piece

Pinnoun

an identifying number allocated to an individual by a bank or other organization and used for validating electronic transactions.

Pinverb

attach or fasten with a pin or pins

Pinverb

hold (someone) firmly in a specified position so they are unable to move

Pinverb

hinder or prevent (a piece or pawn) from moving because of the danger to a more valuable piece standing behind it along the line of an attack

Pin

A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together, and can have three sorts of body: a shaft of a rigid inflexible material meant to be inserted in a slot, groove, or hole (as with pivots, hinges, and jigs); a shaft connected to a head and ending in a sharp tip meant to pierce one or more pieces of soft materials like cloth or paper (the straight or push pin); a single strip of a rigid but flexible material (e.g. a wire) whose length has been folded into parallel prongs in such fashion that the middle length of each curves towards the other so that, when anything is inserted between them, they act as a clamp (e.g.