Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
needle
IPA transcription: [n'idəl]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
acerate_leaf, needle
Meaning:
the leaf of a conifer
Synonyms:
needle
Meaning:
a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
Synonyms:
needle
Meaning:
a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
needle, goad
Meaning:
goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"
Usage examples
Slowly the needle of the gauge crept up.
I'll put out both her eyes with a needle...."
I am quick at my needle, and I understand cutting out.
If you break your needle in making a dress, you will live to wear it out.
Hans takes the needle, sticks it into a hay-cart, and follows the cart home.
In England, Wheatstone and Cooke had introduced a ponderous magnetic needle telegraph.
Ruth, who for a long time had scarcely taken up a needle, sat with her hands before her.
You should have stuck the needle in your sleeve.' 'Never mind, I'll do better next time.'
The men were mending the dolls very badly, so little Nell took a needle and sewed them all neatly.
Her fingers fumbled at her work, -- Her needle would not go; What ailed so smart a little maid It puzzled me to know,