Meaning : Attach something somewhere by means of nails.

Example : Nail the board onto the wall.

Meaning : Take into custody.

Example : The police nabbed the suspected criminals.

Synonyms : apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, pick up

Meaning : Hit hard.

Example : He smashed a 3-run homer.

Synonyms : blast, boom, smash

Meaning : Succeed in obtaining a position.

Example : He nailed down a spot at Harvard.

Synonyms : nail down, peg

Meaning : Succeed at easily.

Example : She sailed through her exams.
You will pass with flying colors.
She nailed her astrophysics course.

Synonyms : ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through

Meaning : Locate exactly.

Example : Can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?.
The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome.

Synonyms : pinpoint

Meaning : Complete a pass.

Synonyms : complete

Meaning : Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.

Meaning : A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener.

Meaning : A former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard.