| crucify | | |
| v. (social) | 1. crucify | kill by nailing onto a cross.; "Jesus Christ was crucified" |
| ~ execute, put to death | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment.; "In some states, criminals are executed" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment | treat cruelly.; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" |
| ~ madden | drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves. |
| ~ beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" |
| ~ hamstring | make ineffective or powerless.; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules" |
| ~ badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease | annoy persistently.; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" |
| ~ persecute, oppress | cause to suffer.; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. crucify, mortify, subdue | hold within limits and control.; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh" |
| ~ desist, abstain, refrain | choose not to consume.; "I abstain from alcohol" |
| ~ mortify | practice self-denial of one's body and appetites. |
| ~ curb, control, hold in, contain, moderate, check, hold | lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" |
| v. (communication) | 4. blast, crucify, pillory, savage | criticize harshly or violently.; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" |
| ~ criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws.; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
| nail | | |
| n. (body) | 1. nail | horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits. |
| ~ integumentary system | the skin and its appendages. |
| ~ dactyl, digit | a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates. |
| ~ horny structure, unguis | any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin. |
| ~ half-moon, lunula, lunule | the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail. |
| ~ matrix | the formative tissue at the base of a nail. |
| ~ fingernail | the nail at the end of a finger. |
| ~ toenail | the nail at the end of a toe. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. nail | a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener. |
| ~ brad | a small nail. |
| ~ clinch | the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet. |
| ~ clout nail, clout | a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood. |
| ~ doornail | a nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors. |
| ~ eightpenny nail | a nail 2.5 inches long. |
| ~ fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. |
| ~ fourpenny nail | a nail 1.5 inches long. |
| ~ head | a projection out from one end.; "the head of the nail"; "a pinhead is the head of a pin" |
| ~ hobnail | a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots. |
| ~ nailhead | flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point. |
| ~ shank, stem | cylinder forming a long narrow part of something. |
| ~ sixpenny nail | a nail 2 inches long. |
| ~ spike | a large stout nail.; "they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie" |
| ~ staple | a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables. |
| ~ stub nail | a short thick nail. |
| ~ tack | a short nail with a sharp point and a large head. |
| ~ tenpenny nail | a nail 3 inches long. |
| n. (quantity) | 3. nail | a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| v. (contact) | 4. nail | attach something somewhere by means of nails.; "nail the board onto the wall" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| v. (contact) | 5. apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up | take into custody.; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" |
| ~ clutch, prehend, seize | take hold of; grab.; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" |
| v. (contact) | 6. blast, boom, nail, smash | hit hard.; "He smashed a 3-run homer" |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
| v. (social) | 7. nail, nail down, peg | succeed in obtaining a position.; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" |
| ~ bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, come through, win | attain success or reach a desired goal.; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" |
| v. (social) | 8. ace, breeze through, nail, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through | succeed at easily.; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course" |
| ~ make it, pass | go successfully through a test or a selection process.; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" |
| v. (possession) | 9. nail, pinpoint | locate exactly.; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome" |
| ~ locate, turn up | discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining.; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing" |
| v. (competition) | 10. complete, nail | complete a pass. |
| ~ football, football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal. |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
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