Needle ¹

Definition: A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, used in sewing.

Needle ²

Definition: See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.

Needle ³

Definition: 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.

Needle ⁴

Definition: One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.

Needle ⁵

Definition: Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.

Needle ⁶

Definition: To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.

Needle ⁷

Definition: To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.

needle ⁸

Definition: a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

needle ⁹

Definition: a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

needle ¹⁰

Definition: a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

needle ¹¹

Definition: as of a conifer

needle ¹²

Definition: goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"

needle ¹³

Definition: prick with a needle