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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


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Needle
Needle or Needles may refer to:Body manipulationBody piercing needle, a needle used for body piercingTattoo needle, a needle used to tattoo skinNeedle play, a form of play piercing
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Needle
Needle /nee·dle/ 1. a sharp instrument for suturing or puncturing. 2. to puncture or separate with a needle. [more]Needle - Community and Resources

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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


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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.
  

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