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.
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.
The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
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.
An act of poking, piercing, thrusting
To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
To poke, pierce, thrust.
To encourage a behavior or emotion.
To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.