NEEDLES
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Definition
noun
- A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.“The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.”
- 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, e.g. a compass needle.“The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.”
- A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.“Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.”
- A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
verb
- To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
- To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.“Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.”
- To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.“to needle crystals”
Source: Wiktionary
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