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Needle Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Needle?
[n] a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
[n] a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument [n] a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record [n] as of a conifer [v] goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" [v] prick with a needle; in sewing or embroidering Synonyms | Synonyms for Needle: acerate leaf | goad | nettle | phonograph needle Related Terms | Find terms related to Needle: aculeus | acumination | aggravate | annoy | arrow | audio sound system | audiophile | auger | badger | bait | banter | be at | bedevil | beset | between | binaural system | bit | bitch box | bite | blade | blaze | blunt | bore | borer | bother | bract | bracteole | bractlet | bramble | brier | bristle | broach | brown off | bug | bullhorn | bullyrag | burin | burn up | burr | cactus | cartridge | catchweed | ceramic pickup | chaff | changer | chivy | cleavers | compass | compass needle | cotyledon | countersink | crystal pickup | cusp | derived four-channel system | devil | die | direction | direction finder | direction post | discompose | discrete four-channel system | distemper | disturb | dog | drill | dun | empierce | engraving tool | etching ball | etching ground | etching needle | etching point | exasperate | exercise | fash | finger post | fist | fix | flag | flog | floral leaf | foliole | four-channel stereo system | frond | get | glume | gnaw | goad | goose grass | gore | gouge | gouge out | Gramophone | graver | gripe | guide | guideboard | guidepost | gyrocompass | gyroscopic compass | Gyrosin compass | gyrostatic compass | hand | harass | harry | haze | heckle | hector | hi-fi | hi-fi fan | high-fidelity | hole | honeycomb | hound | hour hand | impale | index | index finger | inertial navigation system | intaglio | intercom | intercommunication system | involucre | involucrum | irk | jape | jest | jive | joke | jolly | josh | jukebox | kid | knitting wire | lamina | lance | lash | lead | leaf | leaflet | lemma | ligule | long-eyed sharp | loran | lubber line | magnetic compass | magnetic needle | magnetic pickup | miff | milepost | minute hand | molest | monaural system | mono | mucro | nag | neb | nettle | nib | nickelodeon | nudge | nudzh | PA | PA system | peeve | penetrate | perforate | persecute | pester | petal | phonograph | photoelectric pickup | pick on | pickup | pierce | pile | pine needle | pink | pique | plague | pluck the beard | point | pointer | poke | pother | prick | prickle | prod | provoke | public-address system | punch | puncture | put on | quadraphonic sound system | quill | radio compass | radio direction finder | radio-phonograph combination | rag | rally | razz | RDF | ream | ream out | record changer | record player | rib | riddle | ride | rile | roast | rocker | roil | ruffle | run through | scorper | seal | seed leaf | sepal | sew | sew up | sharp | shoran | signboard | signpost | skewer | sound reproduction system | sound truck | spathe | spear | spicule | spiculum | spike | spikelet | spine | spire | spit | spur | squawk box | stab | stamp | stereo | stick | sticker | sting | stipula | stipule | stitch | straw | style | stylus | system | tailor | tap | tape deck | tape recorder | tease | thistle | thorn | tip | tone arm | torment | transcription turntable | transfix | transpierce | trepan | trephine | try the patience | turntable | tweak the nose | twit | vex | Victrola | whip | worry | yucca See Also | beset | chevvy | chevy | chivvy | chivy | crochet hook | crochet needle | eye | harass | harry | hassle | hypodermic needle | implement | knitting needle | molest | packing needle | plague | point | pointer | prick | provoke | sewing needle | simple leaf | stylus Needle In Webster's Dictionary \Nee"dle\, n. [OE. nedle, AS. n?dl; akin to D. neald, OS.
n[=a]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[=a]dal, n[=a]dala, Icel. n[=a]l,
Sw. n[*a]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n["a]hen to sew, OHG.
n[=a]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. ?, and perh. to E. snare: cf.
Gael. & Ir. snathad needle, Gael. snath thread, G. schnur
string, cord.]
1. A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end,
with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.
--Chaucer.
Note: 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. (Bot.) 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 under {Dipping}.
{Needle bar}, the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a
sewing machine is attached.
{Needle beam} (Arch.), 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} (Bot.), a prickly leguminous plant of Western
Europe; the petty whin ({Genista Anglica}).
{Needle gun}, a firearm loaded at the breech with a cartridge
carrying its own fulminate, which is exploded by driving a
slender needle, or pin, into it.
{Needle loom} (Weaving), a loom in which the weft thread is
carried through the shed by a long eye-pointed needle
instead of by a shuttle.
{Needle ore} (Min.), acicular bismuth; a sulphide of bismuth,
lead, and copper occuring in acicular crystals; -- called
also {aikinite}.
{Needle shell} (Zo["o]l.), a sea urchin.
{Needle spar} (Min.), aragonite.
{Needle telegraph}, a telegraph in which the signals are
given by the deflections of a magnetic needle to the right
or to the left of a certain position.
{Sea needle} (Zo["o]l.), the garfish.
\Nee"dle\, v. t. To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals. \Nee"dle\, v. i. To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles. |
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