needle

IPA: nˈidʌɫ

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.

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