List of synonyms from "nag" to synonyms from "nailing down"


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Definition of the day : « nailing down »

  • As in memorize : verb remember
  • As in assure : verb make certain
  • As in recall : verb remember
  • As in remember : verb keep in mind; summon into mind
  • As in settle : verb straighten out, resolve
  • As in batten : verb fasten securely
  • As in transfix : verb pierce
  • As in infix : verb fix
  • As in circumscribe : verb mark off, delimit
  • As in pin on : verb fix
  • As in affirm : verb declare the truth of something
  • As in define : verb give description
  • As in determine : verb conclude, decide
  • As in ensure : verb guarantee; make secure
  • As in fix : verb establish, make firm
Example sentences :
  • Now they are laying my mother in the coffin; now they are nailing down the lid.
  • Extract from : « The Forest Farm » by Peter Rosegger
  • She then secured the house by nailing down the windows, &c., and taking the path across the fields, once more returned to Asselby.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events » by S. Baring-Gould
  • Le Bihan glanced up from the floor where he was nailing down the lid of a box full of cases.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Choice » by Robert William Chambers
  • Was it possible that they were nailing down the trap above our heads?
  • Extract from : « A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas » by Fanny Loviot
  • As I started to say, some time ago, Keg proved to be a positive genius in nailing down jobs.
  • Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
  • On the other side of the street, on the footpath, a packer in his shirt-sleeves was nailing down a trunk.
  • Extract from : « Sentimental Education, Volume II » by Gustave Flaubert
  • She would have been still more surprised to know that his wonderful memory was nailing down every word with machine-like accuracy.
  • Extract from : « Queed » by Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • The work had been quickly done and the carpenter was nailing down the lid of the coffin.
  • Extract from : « Corleone » by F. Marion Crawford
  • The object of the increased thickness at the gunwale is to stiffen the sides and give a better bearing for nailing down the deck.
  • Extract from : « Woodworking for Beginners » by Charles Gardner Wheeler
  • Some men were putting up beds, while others were hanging window-curtains and nailing down carpets.
  • Extract from : « The Bad Family and Other Stories » by Mrs. Fenwick