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Meanings of fingernail in English

Spanish
uña de la mano
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The hard non-palps side of fingertips.

        uña de la mano

        The hard, flat, translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

              Usage of fingernail in English
              1
              She held up one long, red-lacquered fingernail, indicating that he should wait.
              Extracurricular activities
              2
              Izanami reached forward and scratched at the LED with an immaculate fingernail.
              The Burning Dark
              3
              He drew his fingernail sharply across the back of the right hand.
              Lord of Light
              4
              I hold up a fingernail not the pinky either the middle one.
              Further adventures
              5
              Her manicured fingernail- afemininecontrast to her ranch clothes-skimmeddown the list.
              Colorado abduction
              6
              I'm worried about her. Stella started picking at her red fingernail polish.
              The girl who chased the moon: a novel
              7
              At the closed tent he scratched his fingernail respectfully against the canvas.
              The Leopard Woman
              8
              He was flicking his fingernail with his thumb when he said it.
              Chocolate chip cookie murder
              9
              Only a blackened fingernail hints at the deterioration of an actual body.
              The Guardian
              10
              My jaw is swollen, and fingernail marks are still on my arms.
              Insurgent
              11
              Then I felt the picture of Brian jab me under the fingernail.
              Ashes and bones: an emma fielding mystery
              12
              Timmy stopped chewing his fingernail and crossed his arms over his chest.
              A necessary evil
              13
              He held the fingernail close up, examining its shape and its size.
              Transgression: a novel of love and war
              14
              Abruptly, the fingernail stopped spinning and sat deathly still, pointing directly northeast.
              Street magic
              15
              He drew a fingernail along the axis line that Gray had scribed.
              Map of bones
              16
              No one wants to get a fingernail in a mouthful of popcorn.
              Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
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              United States of America
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