needle meaning
EN
[ˈniː.dl] [-iːdəl] 
US WNeedle
- A needle is generally a thin, cylindrical object, often with a sharp point on the end.
- Needle may refer to:
- NounPLneedles
- A long, thin, 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.
- 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.
- The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.
- A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
- Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.
- A long, pointed leaf found on some conifers.
- (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
- A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections etc.
- VerbSGneedlesPRneedlingPT, PPneedled
- To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
- (transitive) To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
- Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.
- (transitive) To form in the shape of a needle.
- to needle crystals
- To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- My mother laughs from her grave, such are my sewing skills, but among these dead-handed men my wielding of a needle is nothing short of a miracle.
- Unless their flag of a flower is waving, finding such plants is like finding a needle in a needlestack.
- She motions with the needle across the station to the paralysed, slack-handed clock.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of needle in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "needle" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.