игла — meaning in English

English meaning

• needle noun A thin, sharp tool used for sewing, injections, acupuncture, or piercing.
• quill noun The hollow central shaft of a bird's feather.
• spine noun The column of bones running down the back, from the head down to the tail or pelvis, that protects the spinal cord and holds up the chest and abdomen.

Senses

игла is used for these senses in English:

• needle 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.
• needle (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
• needle (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
• quill A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators. [from early 17th c.]
• spine (zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.

needle — full definition

1. noun A thin, sharp tool used for sewing, injections, acupuncture, or piercing.
2. noun A pointer on a dial, compass, or gauge.
3. noun The thin, pointed leaf of certain conifer trees, such as pine.
4. verb To tease or provoke someone persistently.

quill — full definition

1. noun The hollow central shaft of a bird's feather.
2. noun A pen made from a large feather, historically used for writing.
3. noun One of the sharp, barbed spines on a porcupine or hedgehog.

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