Lexic.us

Definition of Needle

1. Noun. The leaf of a conifer.

2. Verb. Goad or provoke,as by constant criticism. "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"

3. Noun. A slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument.

4. Verb. Prick with a needle.

5. Noun. A sharp pointed implement (usually steel).

6. Noun. A stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record.

Definition of Needle

1. n. A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.

2. v. t. To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.

3. v. i. To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.

Definition of Needle

1. to sew with a slender, pointed instrument [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES]

Medical Definition of Needle

1. 1. A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, used in sewing. In some needles(as for sewing machines) the eye is at the pointed end, but in ordinary needles it is at the blunt end. 2. See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic. 3. 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. 4. One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus. 5. Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. Dipping needle. See Dipping. Needle bar, the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a sewing machine is attached. Needle beam, to shoring, the horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part. Needle furze, the garfish. Origin: OE. Nedle, AS. Ndl; akin to D. Neald, OS. Nadla, G. Nadel, OHG. Nadal, nadala, Icel. Nal, Sw. Nal, Dan. Naal, and also to G. Nahen to sew, OHG. Najan, L. Nere to spin, Gr, and perh. To E. Snare: cf. Gael. & Ir. Snathad needle, Gael. Snath thread, G. Schnur string, cord. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Needle

needers needfire needfires needful needfully needfulness needfulnesses needfuls needier neediest

needily neediness needinesses needing needle (current term) needle (current term) needle-bush needle-exchange programs needle-holder needle-shaped

needle-wood needlebush needlecraft needled needlefish needlefish needlefishes needlelike needlenose pliers needlepoint

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