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nail-biting

US pronunciation
American soundnail biting
nailbiting
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nail - biting -> nail biting

Myanmar meaning

(adj) စိတ်ဂနာမငြိမ်စေသော။

Full entry

nail /neÇl/ n

၁။ (လူ၏) လက်သည်း၊ ခြေသည်း(ခွံ)။ clean/ cut/ bite one's nails.
၂။ (အိမ်ရိုက်) သံ။ hammer in a nail. Compare SCREW n ၁
v
၁။ (infml ) ဖမ်းဆီးသည်။ Have the police nailed the man who did it?
၂။ (infml ) အမှားဖမ်းသည်။
❏ nail-biting adj စိတ်ဂနာမငြိမ်စေသော။ a nail-biting end to the match.
❏ nail-brush n လက်သည်းတိုက် ဘရွတ်။ BRUSH
❏ nail one's colours to the mast [IDM ] (esp Brit ) (မည်သူ့ကို ယုံကြည်ကြောင်း၊ ထောက်ခံကြောင်း) ဘွင်းဘွင်း ထုတ်ပြောသည်။
❏ nail sth down [PHRV ] ၁။ သံဖြင့် စွဲအောင်ရိုက်သည်၊ တွယ်သည်။
၂။ တိတိကျကျ ပြောသည်။ The reasons why some children do badly at school are difficult to nail down.
❏ nail sb down (to sth) [PHRV ] တိတိကျကျ ပြောခိုင်းသည်၊ ကတိပေးခိုင်းသည်။ She says she'll come, but I can't nail her down to a specific time.
❏ nail-file n လက်သည်းတိုက်တံစဉ်း။
❏ a nail in sb's/sth's coffin [IDM ] မပြန်လမ်းသို့ ပို့လိုက် သော အရာ။ နိဂုံးချုပ်စေသောအရာ။ The strike was the last nail in the company's coffin.
❏ nail sth on; nail sth on/ onto/to sth [PHRV ] သံရိုက် သည်။ nail the lid on (the crate) ❍ nail a sign to the wall.
❏ nail-scissors n [pl] လက်သည်းညှပ်ကတ်ကြေး။ a pair of nail-scissors.
❏ nail sth up [PHRV ]
၁။ သံရိုက်၍ ချိတ်ထားသည်။
၂။ သံနှင့် အသေပိတ်ရိုက်သည်။
❏ nail varnish (also varnish ) (Brit ) (US nail polish ) n [U] လက်သည်းဆိုးဆေး။
❏ on the nail [IDM ] (infml ) ရော့ပတ္တမြား ရော့နဂါး။ I want cash on the nail.

More examples
  • To cut/file your nails
  • I’ve told you before not to bite your nails.
Synonyms
pin, spike, tack, peg, apprehend, arrest, attach, bag, beat, bind, capture, catch, collar, detain, drive, fasten, fix, get, hammer, hit, hold, hook, join, nab, pinch, pound, prehend, secure, seize, sock, strike, take, whack
Antonyms
detach, fail, free, give, give up, halt, let go, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, misunderstand, offer, receive, release, separate, stop, unfasten, unnail, untie
Cross references
pinspiketackpegapprehendarrestattachbagbeatbindcapturecatchcollardetaindrivefastenfixgethammerhitholdhookjoinnabpinchpoundprehendsecure
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