Meaning

1 senses

  1. To fasten two pieces of lumber together by applying nails or screws into both boards at an angle.

More definitions
  • drive obliquely

Examples

23 sentences

  1. I can't find my toenail clippers.

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  2. Do you use fingernail clippers to cut your toenails?

    deBenutzt du einen Nagelknipser, um dir die Zehennägel zu schneiden? — Fingerhut

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  3. Tom clipped his toenails.

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  4. Tom is clipping his toenails.

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  5. Tom is cutting his toenails.

    ruТом стрижёт себе ногти на ногах. — marafon

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Origin

From toe + nail.

From toe + nail.

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Forms

toenails, toenailing, toenailed, toenailed
Base formtoenail · to toenail
3rd person singulartoenails
Present participletoenailing
Past simpletoenailed
Past participletoenailed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytoenail
he, she, ittoenails

Past simpleLesson

all personstoenailed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave toenailed
he, she, ithas toenailed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill toenail

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • drive obliquely:toe

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
toddletoddlertoeA2toffeetofu

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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