needle englanniksi - Sanakirja.org (englanti-englanti)

A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections etc.
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.
A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
A long, pointed leaf found on some conifers.
(informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.

The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.
The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.
Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.
At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth.
[...]the eyes were once more beginning to show the old nystagmus; so I decided to needle the cataracts, and on Jan. 31 I needled the right eye.
Possibly the greatest effect is achieved in the hand by needling the thumb, the index finger and the region of the 1st and 2nd metacarpal.
Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.
FRED: Well, I teased her to some extent, or I needled her, not teased her. I needled her about—first I said that she didn't want to work, and then I think that there were a couple of comments.
to needle crystals
Pine trees have needles instead of leaves.
Possibly the greatest effect is achieved in the hand by needling the thumb, the index finger and the region of the ist and 2nd metacarpal.
[…] the eyes were once more beginning to show the old nystagmus; so I decided to needle the cataracts, and on Jan. 31 I needled the right eye.
To needle a drink.

Partisiipin perfekti	needled
Imperfekti	needled
Partisiipin preesens	needling
Monikko	needles
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	needles

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