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needle (EN)
substantiv, verb

substantiv “needle”

sg. needle, pl. needles
  1. nål
    The doctor used a sterile needle to give him a vaccine.
  2. barr
    The forest floor was covered in pine needles.
  3. visare
    The compass needle always points north.
  4. nål (på skivspelare)
    He carefully placed the needle on the vinyl record.
  5. söksträng
    The function search(text, needle, haystack) has three parameters.
  6. spruta (för avrättning)
    The criminal was sentenced to die by the needle.

verb “needle”

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