игла — meaning in English
igla
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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 A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax 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
- noun A thin, sharp tool used for sewing, injections, acupuncture, or piercing.
- noun A pointer on a dial, compass, or gauge.
- noun The thin, pointed leaf of certain conifer trees, such as pine.
- verb To tease or provoke someone persistently.
quill — full definition
- noun The hollow central shaft of a bird's feather.
- noun A pen made from a large feather, historically used for writing.
- noun One of the sharp, barbed spines on a porcupine or hedgehog.