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Definition of Needle

Needle

  1. A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.
  2. See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic.
  3. A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting.
  4. One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus.
  5. Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
  6. To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.
  7. To form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles.

Needle Quotations

I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus Christ

If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.
Timothy Leary

You can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.
Timothy Leary

I've been leading newsrooms for a while now and it's been an honor serving as Editor in Chief of N.J., but I really think that my best shot at moving the needle in politics is by getting close to it - by reading, reporting, tweeting and writing.
Ron Fournier

I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is supposedly the tea of eternal youth. It's called Silver Needle. It's unbelievably expensive, but I get it on the Web.
Antonio Banderas
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Needle Translations

needle in Dutch is naald
needle in Finnish is neula
needle in German is Nadel
needle in Italian is ago, spilla
needle in Portuguese is alfinete, agulha
needle in Spanish is alfiler, aguja

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