needle
v.
sew, stitch; prick; be sarcastic; tease
n.
slender pointed tools (usually of metal, often with a hole a one end) used with thread (or string) for sewing or other handcrafts; implement used in sewing or embroidering; sharp implement for suturing or other hypodermic procedures, syringe (Medicine); any needle-like object
Needle
Needle
needle
Noun
1. as of a conifer
(synonym) acerate leaf
(hypernym) simple leaf
2. a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
(hypernym) pointer
3. a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
(hypernym) implement
(hyponym) crochet needle, crochet hook
(part-meronym) eye
4. a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
(synonym) phonograph needle
(hypernym) stylus
Verb
1. goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"
(synonym) goad
(hypernym) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
2. prick with a needle
(hypernym) prickle, prick
(classification) sewing, stitchery
Needle
(v. t.)
To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.
(v. i.)
To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.
(n.)
See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.
(n.)
One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.
(n.)
Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
(n.)
A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.
(n.)
A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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