toenail

noun

toe·nail | \ ˈtō-ˌnāl

, -ˈnāl\

Definition of toenail

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a nail of a toe

toenail

verb

toenailed; toenailing; toenails

Definition of toenail (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to fasten by toed nails : toe

Examples of toenail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

She was interrogated by the Gestapo 14 times and tortured, her back scorched with a red-hot poker and all of her toenails pulled out. — Elizabeth Winkler, WSJ, "‘Code Name: Lise’ Review: The War’s Most Decorated Woman," 11 Jan. 2019 The female officer unsatisfied with her answers cut off half of her toenail. — Christopher Sherman, Fox News, "Arbitrary arrests, abuse the new norm in Nicaragua," 10 Aug. 2018 The idealized figures are crisply carved in minute detail: delineated feathers on the eagle; muscles, bones, hair curls and toenails on the figures, and irises in the eyes of Augustus and others. — Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ, "A Man Among Gods," 21 Sep. 2018 Even in the face of imminent, wall-spattering death or toenail-pulling torture, the speech of Inishmoreans exudes a homogenizing prosiness. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Orlando Bloom and Aidan Turner Are Drenched in Blood in London," 4 July 2018 Lipner's patient came to her after experiencing six months of trouble with her toenails. — Ashley Welch, CBS News, "Woman lost her toenails after fish pedicure," 5 July 2018 In a case study published earlier this month in the journal JAMA Dermatology, doctors examine the story of a 20-year-old woman who lost all her toenails following a fish pedicure. — Macaela Mackenzie, Allure, "This Woman's Toenails Fell Off After Getting a "Fish Pedicure"," 6 July 2018 After having the fish pedicure, the woman said her toenails stopped growing and then started falling off. — Lucia I. Suarez Sang, Fox News, "Fish pedicure causes woman to lose her toenails, report says," 3 July 2018 Giblin says that a seamless sock with a reinforced cushioning under the toe and a roomier toe box keeps his toenails intact. — Julie Brown, Outside Online, "The Best Running Socks, According to Ultramarathoners," 22 June 2018

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