name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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noun
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
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Synonyms: neele
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noun
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
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noun
A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
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noun
A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
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Usage: informal
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noun
A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
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noun
A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
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noun
The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
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Usage: informal
Qualifier: usually preceded by the
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noun
A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
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Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
A move in which the performer begins with two hands and one leg on the floor, then kicks the other leg into a full split.
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Topics: gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
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verb
To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
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Usage: transitive
Synonyms: goad, tease
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verb
To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.
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noun
a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
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Broader terms: implement
Narrower terms: crochet needle, crochet hook, dry point, hypodermic needle, knitting needle, packing needle, sewing needle
noun
a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
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noun
a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
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Synonyms: phonograph needle
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Broader terms: stylus
noun
the leaf of a conifer
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Synonyms: acerate leaf
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Broader terms: simple leaf
verb
goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
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Synonyms: goad
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Broader terms: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
verb
prick with a needle
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Broader terms: prickle, prick
History
* As an English surname, from the noun needle. Compare Nadler. * As a Jewish surname, translation of the surname Nadel, itself meaning needle.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh1tlom Proto-Germanic *nēþlą Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *nēþlō Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu Old English nǣdl Middle English nedle English needle From Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, from pre-Germanic *neh1-tleh2, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh1- (“to spin, twist”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Näddele (“sewing needle”), Dutch naald (“needle”), German Nadel (“needle, pin, crochet hook”), nähen (“sew”), Luxembourgish Nol (“needle”), Vilamovian nöłd (“needle”), Yiddish נאָדל (nodl, “needle, pin”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish nål (“needle”), Elfdalian ną̊l (“needle”), Faroese, Icelandic nál (“needle”), Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰 (nēþla, “sewing needle”), Finnish neula (“needle”). Further related with Welsh nyddu, Latin nēre, Sanskrit स्नायति (snāyati, “wraps up, winds”). Related to snood.
Across languages
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