NOUN | plant | needle, acerate leaf | the leaf of a conifer |
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artifact | needle | a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument | |
artifact | needle | a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) | |
artifact | needle, phonograph needle | a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record | |
VERB | communication | needle, goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism |
contact | needle | prick with a needle |
Sounds | niy'dahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | The leaf of a conifer. | |
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Synonym | acerate leaf | |
Broader | simple leaf | A leaf that is not divided into parts |
Spanish | acícula, aguja, hoja aciculada, hoja acicular | |
Catalan | acícula |
Meaning | A slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument. | |
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Broader | pointer | An indicator as on a dial |
Spanish | aguja | |
Catalan | agulla |
Meaning | A sharp pointed implement (usually steel). | |
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Parts | eye | A small hole or loop (as in a needle) |
point | sharp end | |
Narrower | crochet needle, crochet hook | A needle with a hook on the end |
dry point | A steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate | |
hypodermic needle | A hollow needle | |
knitting needle | needle consisting of a slender rod with pointed ends | |
packing needle | A large needle used to sew up canvas packages | |
sewing needle | A needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth | |
Broader | implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end |
Spanish | aguja | |
Catalan | agulla | |
Verbs | needle | prick with a needle |
Meaning | A stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record. | |
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Synonym | phonograph needle | |
Broader | stylus | A sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player |
Catalan | agulla |
Meaning | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Example | "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" | |
Synonym | goad | |
Broader | harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke | annoy continually or chronically |
Spanish | aguijonear, fastidiar, pinchar, provocar | |
Catalan | empipar, fastiguejar, fotre |
Meaning | prick with a needle. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Category | sewing, stitchery | Needlework on which you are working with needle and thread |
Broader | prickle, prick | make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn |
Spanish | pinchar | |
Nouns | needle | a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) |
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