needle
needle Lexical Profile
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• noun
A small, slender piece of polished metal with a sharp point at one end and a hole or eye at the other, used for sewing.
"She carefully threaded the needle to mend the small tear in her favorite jacket."
A fine, hollow tube attached to a syringe, used in medicine for injecting substances into or extracting fluids from the body.
"The nurse used a sterile needle to draw a blood sample for the laboratory tests."
The long, narrow, stiff leaf of a conifer tree, such as a pine or fir.
"The forest floor was softly cushioned by a thick layer of dry pine needles."
• verb
To tease, provoke, or annoy (someone) persistently, often with minor criticisms or taunts.
"His older brother always found a way to needle him about his lack of athletic ability."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'nǣdl', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'naald' and German 'Nadel', stemming from an Indo-European root meaning 'to sew'.
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