Associations to the word «Hangnail»
Wiktionary
HANGNAIL, noun. A loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail.
HANGNAIL, noun. A pointed upper corner of the toenail (often created by improperly trimming by rounding the corner) that, as the nail grows, presses into the flesh or protrudes so that it may catch (“hang”) on stockings or shoes.
Dictionary definition
HANGNAIL, noun. A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.