needle vs set someone against someone else

needle

verb
  • To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle. 

  • To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at. 

  • To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture. 

noun
  • A needle-like leaf found on some conifers. 

  • Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. 

  • A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs. 

  • A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus. 

  • A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack) 

  • A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph. 

  • 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. 

  • The death penalty carried out by lethal injection. 

  • Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia. 

set someone against someone else

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