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needle (EN)
substantivo, verbo

substantivo “needle”

sg. needle, pl. needles
  1. agulha
    The doctor used a sterile needle to give him a vaccine.
  2. agulha (folha de árvore)
    The forest floor was covered in pine needles.
  3. ponteiro
    The compass needle always points north.
  4. agulha (de toca-discos)
    He carefully placed the needle on the vinyl record.
  5. texto (procurado em programação)
    The function search(text, needle, haystack) has three parameters.
  6. injeção letal
    The criminal was sentenced to die by the needle.

verbo “needle”

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