Look up: needle

1. needle
   [n] - a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument 2. [n] - a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) 3. [v] - prick with a needle
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2. needle
   an instrument used for intermeshing needle loops; there is normally one needle for each needle wale Category: Various industries and crafts • a timber set on stream bed or weir crest or regulating gate to close an opening for the control of water; it may be either vertical or inclined; a...
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3. Needle
   Nee'dle noun [ Middle English nedle , Anglo-Saxon n...dl ; akin to Dutch neald , Old Saxon nādla , German nadel , Old High German nādal , nādala , Icelandic nāl , Swe...
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4. Needle
   Nee'dle transitive verb To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.
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5. Needle
   Nee'dle intransitive verb To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.
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6. needle
   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 ...
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7. needle
   noun a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
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8. needle
   (ne´dәl) a sharp instrument used for suturing, for puncturing, or for the guiding of ligatures.
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9. Needle
   • (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. • (n.) See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic. • (v. i.) To f...
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10. needle
    (from the article `climate`) ...an open lattice (network) with hexagonally symmetrical structure. According to a recent internationally accepted classification, there are seven ...
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11. needle
    basic implement used in sewing or embroidering and, in variant forms, for knitting and crocheting. The sewing needle is small, slender, rodlike, ... [2 related articles]
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12. needle
    Type: Term Pronunciation: nē′dĕl Definitions: 1. A slender, solid, usually sharp-pointed instrument used for puncturing tissues, suturing, or passing a ligature around or through a vessel. 2. A hollow needle used for injection, aspiration, biopsy, or to guide introduction of a cathet...
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13. Needle
    The needle is one of the oldest implements used by man. Some people still sew with awls of bone or of thorns or make needles of iron or steel, with a construction under the pin-like head around which the end of the thread is tied. The Chinese are believed to have been the first to use needles of ste...
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14. Needle
    Needle is British slang for to make jibes at, irritate.
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15. Needle
    Needle is British slang for to make jibes at, irritate.
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16. needle
    
    • as of a conifer
    • a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
    • a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
    • a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
    
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17. needle
    an implant in the form of a thin metallic cylinder
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18. needle
    needle, implement of metal or other material used to carry the thread in sewing and in various forms of needlework and manufacturing. The earliest needles were merely awls or punches. Stone, bone, ivory, and thorns, with or without an eye, were used by primitive peoples. The midrib of the palm is us...
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19. Needle
    (comics) The `Needle` is a comic book character. He is a mutant supervillain in Marvel Comics` main shared universe. Created by Mark Gruenwald, Carmine Infantino, and Al Gordon, the character first appeared in Spider-Woman #9 (December 1978). Publication history: The character`s origin...
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20. Needle
    (novel) `Needle` is a 1950 novel written by Hal Clement, originally published the previous year in Astounding Science Fiction magazine. The book was notable in that it broke new ground in the science fiction field by postulating an alien lifeform, not hostile, which could live w...
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21. Needle
    (module) `Needle` (I11) is a Dungeons & Dragons module. Author: Frank Mentzer (1987) Plot summary: In Needle, the player characters are dispatched to a far jungle to retrieve a magical obelisk.<ref name="HW"/> The characters return to their employers with the ob...
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