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needle (EN)
noun, verb

noun “needle”

sg. needle, pl. needles
  1. ඉදිකටුව
    The doctor used a sterile needle to give him a vaccine.
  2. ඉදිකටුව (පොකුරු පත්‍රය)
    The forest floor was covered in pine needles.
  3. ඉදිකටුව (ඉඟිය)
    The compass needle always points north.
  4. ඉදිකටුව (ස්ටයිලස්)
    He carefully placed the needle on the vinyl record.
  5. ඉදිකටුව (සෙවීමේ පෙළ)
    The function search(text, needle, haystack) has three parameters.
  6. ඉදිකටුව (මරණ දඬුවම)
    The criminal was sentenced to die by the needle.

verb “needle”

needle; he needles; past needled, part. needled; ger. needling
  1. ඉදිකටුවෙන් කුසලානවා
    The acupuncturist needled specific points on her back to relieve pain.
  2. කුපිත කරනවා
    She kept needling him about his tardiness until he apologized.
  3. ඉදිකටු හැඩයට පත් කරනවා
    The ice crystals needled together on the windowpane overnight.