Meaning of NEEDLE in English

Use in sentences of NEEDLE

Meaning of NEEDLE in English

• A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.
• See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.
• 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.
• One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.
• Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
• To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.
• To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.

Synonyms of ‘NEEDLE’

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