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Needles

A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.

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📖 Definitions of "Needles"

noun

1
A fine, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, etc.
"The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button."
2
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
3
A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
"The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty."
4
A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
"Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph."

verb

1
To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
2
To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
"Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples."
3
To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.
"to needle crystals"

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injectionsnoun	The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
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obelisksnoun	(architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
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spinesnoun	(anatomy, zootomy) A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.