needle (noun)
1needle — noun 1 for sewing, knitting, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ blunt ▪ sharp ▪ fine ▪ darning, embroidery …
2needle — ► NOUN 1) a very thin pointed piece of metal with a hole or eye for thread at the blunter end, used in sewing. 2) a similar, larger instrument without an eye, used in knitting, crochet, etc. 3) the pointed hollow end of a hypodermic syringe. 4) a …
3needle biopsy — noun biopsy of deep tissue that is obtained through a hollow needle • Hypernyms: ↑biopsy * * * noun : a biopsy especially of deep tissues done with a hollow needle * * * the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long… …
4needle bank — see ↑needle exchange below. • • • Main Entry: ↑needle needle exchange or needle bank noun A place where drug users may exchange old hypodermic syringes for new ones, usu free of charge, to help prevent the spread of disease or infection • • •… …
5needle blight — noun a disease of conifers causing the needles to fall • Syn: ↑needle cast, ↑leaf cast • Hypernyms: ↑leaf blight * * * noun or needle cast : leaf cast …
6needle cast — noun a disease of conifers causing the needles to fall • Syn: ↑needle blight, ↑leaf cast • Hypernyms: ↑leaf blight * * * noun see needle blight …
7needle palm — noun yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages • Syn: ↑Adam s needle, ↑Adam s needle and thread, ↑spoonleaf yucca, ↑Yucca filamentosa • Hypernyms: ↑yucca * * * noun …
8needle wood — noun large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia • Syn: ↑needlewood, ↑needle wood, ↑Hakea leucoptera • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
9needle gun — noun : a rifle of the later 19th century having a needle shaped firing pin which upon penetrating a paper, oiled linen, or oiled silk cartridge passes through the powder charge to detonate the cap loaded at the base of the bullet * * * needle gun …
10needle trade — noun : any of the various businesses involved in the manufacture of clothing usually used in plural with the immigrants worked as peddlers or entered the expanding needle trades American Guide Series: New York City * * * needle trade or needle… …
