Meaning

7 senses
  1. The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human).

    horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

  2. The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human).

    (often, specifically)The thin, flat type of such a plate on the fingers and toes of humans, chimpanzees and some other primates.

    When I'm nervous I bite my nails.

    Nagel

    но́готьnógotʹ

    ні́готьníhotʹ

  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 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.

    Yesterday my shirt got torn after I caught it on a nail.

    Nagel

    гвоздьgvozdʹ

    цвяхcvjax

  6. A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol.

  7. An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂₀ of an ell or ¹⁄₁₆ of a yard (2+¹⁄₄ inches or 5.715 cm).

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

Examples

460 sentences
  1. I never cut my nails at night.

    Я ніколи не обрізаю нігті вночі. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruЯ никогда не подстригаю ногти ночью. — Wezzel

    deIch schneide meine Nägel niemals nachts. — Wolf

  2. We found a nail stuck in the tire.

    Ми знайшли цвях, що застряг у покришці. — deniko

    ruМы нашли гвоздь, застрявший в покрышке. — odexed

    deIm Reifen steckte ein Nagel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

    Людині з молотком все здається цвяхом. — deniko

    ruЧеловеку с молотком любая вещь кажется гвоздём. — Biga

    deFür einen Menschen mit einem Hammer sieht alles wie ein Nagel aus. — BraveSentry

  4. Don't bite your nails.

    Не гризи нігті. — aandrusiak

    ruНе грызи ногти. — Arkadeko

    deKau nicht an deinen Nägeln. — MUIRIEL

  5. Tom bites his nails.

    Том гризе нігті. — deniko

    ruТом грызёт ногти. — marafon

    deTom kaut an seinen Nägeln. — Yorwba

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
on fingers and toes:
spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials:
Русский
By meaning 2
on fingers and toes:
spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
on fingers and toes:

Origin

From Middle English nail, nayl, Old English næġl, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Pro

From Middle English nail, nayl, Old English næġl, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (“nail”).

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