needle

needle

englanti
  1. neula

  2. yhteys|kasvianatomia|k=en neulanen

Synonyymisanakirja

needle

virkkuukoukku, virkkauskoukku, kuivaneula, injektioneula, neulepuikko, puikko, neula.

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Englannin sanakirja

needle (englanti > suomi)

  1. neula

  2. neulanen

  3. piikitellä, kiusoitella, härnätä

needle englanniksi

  1. A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections etc.

  2. The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.

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

  4. A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle.

  5. The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.

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

  7. Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.

  8. A long, pointed leaf found on some conifers.

  9. 1994, w:Stephen Fry|Stephen Fry, w:The Hippopotamus|The Hippopotamus, ch. 2:

  10. At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth.
  11. puhekieltä The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.

  12. puhekieltä A text string that is searched for within another string.

  13. 2010, Peter MacIntyre, PHP: The Good Parts (page 39)

  14. Both of these functions will look through the haystack for the specified needle and, if they find it, will return the portion of the string from the beginning of the needle to the end of the haystack.
  15. To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.

  16. 1892, H. Lindo Ferguson, "Operation on Microphthamlmic Eyes", Ophthalmic Review, volume 11, page 48

  17. (..)the eyes were once more beginning to show the old nystagmus; so I decided to needle the cataracts, and on Jan. 31 I needled the right eye.
  18. 2000, Felix Mann, Reinventing Acupuncture, page 109

  19. Possibly the greatest effect is achieved in the hand by needling the thumb, the index finger and the region of the 1st and 2nd metacarpal.
  20. puhekieltä To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

  21. Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.

  22. 1984, Leopold Caligor, Philip M. Bromberg, & James D. Meltzer, Clinical Perspectives on the Supervision of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, page 14

  23. FRED: Well, I teased her to some extent, or I needled her, not teased her. I needled her about—first I said that she didn't want to work, and then I think that there were a couple of comments.
  24. puhekieltä To form in the shape of a needle.

  25. to needle crystals

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