Read full poem →Yet in some things methinks she fails--
'Twere well if she would pare her nails,
And wear a cleaner smock.
Dictionary Entry
The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
In a Sentence
“When I'm nervous I bite my nails.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. nailsnails finger
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Antonyms
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Poetry examples for “nails”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →3 For not the desk with silver nails,
Nor bureau of expense,
Read full poem →Anderson 0 J r 514 Maple......... Madea tops nails theasks 2225 B Walnut
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Read full poem →Swollen lines of his lips. And I clung
With my nails drawing blood, while I flung
The loose, heavy body in fear.
Read full poem →John Birch. — An old Rumper, who for-
merly bought nails at Bristol, where they
^H were cheap, and carried them into the
Read full poem →Thee did nails grave upon My hands, thy name
Did thorns for frontlets stamp between Mine eyes:
Read full poem →Hanging with Thee upon the accursed tree;
The nails, the thorns, pierce Thee and me:
My God, I claim my part.
Read full poem →'Tis still their fates
To warble tunes that nails might draw from slates.
Poor Seraphim!
Read full poem →Upon her anywhere, no water in lungs,
No mud, sand, straws or weeds in hands, the nails
Clean, as if freshly manicured.
Read full poem →Pulling the leaves of pink and pearl
With pale green nails of polished jade.