needle

1. n. A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing. Source: opted

2. n. See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus. Source: opted

5. n. Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. Source: opted

6. v. t. To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals. Source: opted

7. v. i. To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles. Source: opted

8. n. the leaf of a conifer Source: wordnet

9. n. a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument Source: wordnet

10. n. a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) Source: wordnet

11. n. a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record Source: wordnet

12. v. annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism Source: wordnet

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