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needle (EN)
Substantiv, Verb

Substantiv “needle”

sg. needle, pl. needles
  1. Nadel
    The doctor used a sterile needle to give him a vaccine.
  2. Nadel (Blatt von Nadelbäumen)
    The forest floor was covered in pine needles.
  3. Zeiger
    The compass needle always points north.
  4. Nadel (Plattenspieler)
    He carefully placed the needle on the vinyl record.
  5. Suchbegriff
    The function search(text, needle, haystack) has three parameters.
  6. Giftspritze
    The criminal was sentenced to die by the needle.

Verb “needle”

needle; he needles; past needled, part. needled; ger. needling
  1. stechen
    The acupuncturist needled specific points on her back to relieve pain.
  2. sticheln
    She kept needling him about his tardiness until he apologized.
  3. nadelförmig gestalten
    The ice crystals needled together on the windowpane overnight.