needle
IPA: nˈidʌɫ
noun
- A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
- Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
- A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
- (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
- A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
- A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
- (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
- (programming) A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
- (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
- A surname.
verb
- To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
- (transitive) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
- (transitive, intransitive) To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.
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Examples of "needle" in Sentences
- Injection syringe and hypodermic needle.
- Inject the syringe and hypodermic needle.
- The needle is brought to the upside of the fabric.
- The Master then injects himself with a hypodermic needle.
- The length of the needle impacts the depth of the injection.
- Eric was injected with a hypodermic needle and rendered unconscious.
- The stitch is worked by passing the needle in and out of the fabric.
- The length of the needle impacts the depth of the injection to inject.
- The curved needle is attached to the distal end of the surgical thread.
- I'm getting mental images of using a hypodermic needle to inject the stuff in.
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