nål — meaning in English
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English meaning
- needle noun A thin, sharp tool used for sewing, injections, acupuncture, or piercing.
Senses
nål 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.
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.