nails is a form of:
Nail
- 1.
- (SLANG) Nail a criminal ចាប់បាន
noun
- 1.
- ដែកគោល
- 2.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ក្រចក
- 3.
- (a small metal spike for fixing wood, etc., the horny growth at the end of a finger or toe) ក្រចក់ metal nail ដែកគោល, nail head ក្បាលដែកគោល, finger nail ក្រចក, nail brush ច្រាសខាត់ក្រចក, nail clipper កន្ដ្រៃកាត់ក្រចក, on the nail ប្រាក់អោយដល់ដៃ
verb — past tense: nailed ; past participle: nailed ; present participle: nailing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To fasten with a rule, to make certain or secure, to fix or secure. -hit the nail on the head to say or do exactly the right thing) nail the door shut បោះដែកគោលភ្ជាប់
Example: Don't bite your nails, A two inch mail, Nail ones flag to the mast. - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ចាប់ខ្លួន, បង្ហាញថាមិនពិត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard.
- 2.
- The horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.
- 3.
- The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
- 4.
- The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
- 5.
- A slender, pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, used for fastening pieces of wood or other material together, by being driven into or through them.
verb — past tense: nailed ; past participle: nailed ; present participle: nailing ;
- 1.
- To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
- 2.
- To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
- 3.
- 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.
- 4.
- To spike, as a cannon.