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needle

/ˈniː.dəl/ sustantivo B1

En español: aguja, yawri, yauri, acícula

  1. A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc. · The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.· reusable needles
  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. · a compass needle· The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.
  4. A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus. (informal) · Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.
  5. A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
  6. A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
  7. The death penalty carried out by lethal injection. (informal)
  8. A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)

Plural needles

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De la biblioteca

You would expose the self-love of another with a hatchet, but you shrink if your own is attacked with a needle.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 705 · C1
“Why are those needles and pins sticking out of your head?” asked the Tin Woodman.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 114 · B2
So Dorothy took a needle and thread, and as fast as Oz cut the strips of silk into proper shape the girl sewed them neatly together.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 117 · B2
Then he entered the back room and took up a measure of bran, which he mixed with a great many pins and needles.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 113 · B2

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