nail

Hit hard.

Take into custody.

Complete a pass.

Locate exactly.

“The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome”

Succeed at easily.

“She nailed her astrophysics course”

Succeed in obtaining a position.

“He nailed down a spot at Harvard”

Attach something somewhere by means of nails.

“nail the board onto the wall”

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

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

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