| Engels > Nederlands |
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| needle |
| 1. naald |
| Engels > Engels |
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| needle |
| 1. n. 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. n. Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. |
| 3. n. A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle. |
| The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty. |
| 4. n. A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus. |
| Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph. |
| 5. n. A needle-like leaf found on some conifers. |
| 6. n. A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs. |
| 7. n. (informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection. |
| 8. n. (programming, PHP) A text string that is searched for within another string. |
| 9. v. To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture. |
| 10. v. To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at. |
| Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples. |
| 11. v. To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle. |
| to needle crystals |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| naald |
| 1. n-f. A needle, a pin (for sewing, injections, tattooing etc.). |
| 2. n-f. A needle (leaf of coniferous trees). |
| 3. n-f. The needle of a record player. |
| 4. n-f. (architecture) An obelisk or column (monument, memorial). |
