English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "needle"

needle

Từ điển Collocation

needle noun

¹ for sewing

ADJ. long | blunt | sharp | fine | darning, embroidery, sewing, tapestry

VERB + NEEDLE use | thread

PHRASES the eye of a needle, needle and thread She sewed it on with needle and thread.

² for knitting

ADJ. empty | knitting

NEEDLE + VERB hold sth a needle holding two stitches

³ for drugs

ADJ. hypodermic, syringe | long | sharp | fine | clean, sterile | contaminated, infected | used

VERB + NEEDLE insert, jab (sb with), plunge, put, stick He saw her stick a needle into her arm. | use | share the dangers of sharing needles

NEEDLE + VERB go in The needle went in easily.

NEEDLE + NOUN tip | exchange He believes that needle exchange schemes (= where drug users can change used needles for clean ones) encourage drug addiction.

PHRASES the prick of a needle

⁴ on a compass/instrument

ADJ. magnetized | compass

NEEDLE + VERB move The needle moved away from the wind. | point | settle Wait until the needle settles and is pointing in one direction.

PHRASES the needle of a compass

⁵ on a pine tree

ADJ. conifer, pine

VERB + NEEDLE drop, lose

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• as the leaf of a conifer; acerate leaf
• 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; phonograph needle

v.

• goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; goad

  He needled her with his sarcastic remarks

• prick with a needle

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English Idioms Dictionary

ask bothersome questions, a hassle She needled him with questions about his former girlfriends.

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

needles|needled|needling
syn.: acerate leaf goad phonograph needle