What is the difference between needle and dragonfly?
needle | dragonfly | Synonyms |
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections etc.
Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
A long, thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph, e.g. a compass needle .
A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
A long, pointed leaf found on some conifers.
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(informal, usually preceded by the) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
* 1892 , H. Lindo Ferguson, "Operation on Microphthamlmic Eyes", Ophthalmic Review? , volume 11, page 48
* 2000 , Felix Mann, Reinventing Acupuncture , page 109
To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
* 1984 , Leopold Caligor, Philip M. Bromberg, & James D. Meltzer, Clinical Perspectives on the Supervision of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy? , page 14
To form in the shape of a needle.
An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera with four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body.
Dragonfly is a synonym of needle.
As nouns the difference between needle and dragonfly
is that needle is a long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections etc while dragonfly is an insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera with four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body.As a verb needle
is to pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.needle
English
(wikipedia needle)Noun
(en noun)- The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.
- The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.
- Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.
- 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.
Derived terms
* compass needle * knitting needle * needlenose * needlenose pliers * on pins and needles * move the needle * packing needle * pine needle * pins and needles * needle in a haystack * needlepunch * needle-sharp * needlewiseSee also
* acerate * eye * pinVerb
(needl)- 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.
- 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.
- Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.
- 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.
- to needle crystals