Definition of needle

"needle" in the noun sense

1. acerate leaf, needle

the leaf of a conifer

2. needle

a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

3. needle

a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

4. phonograph needle, needle

a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

"needle" in the verb sense

1. needle, goad

annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism

"He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"

2. needle

prick with a needle

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Quotations for needle

True as the needle to the pole,
Or as the dial to the sun. [ Barton Booth ]

To seek a needle in a bottle of hay. [ Proverb ]

Needle and thread are half clothing. [ Spanish Proverb ]

Flaw-seeing eyes, like needle points. [ Lowell ]

Like a tailor's needle, say, I go through. [ Proverb ]

And the touched needle trembles to the pole. [ Pope ]

You seek the needle where you never stuck it. [ Proverb ]

Here I left a needle, and here I will find it. [ Proverb ]

He was a man
Versed in the world as pilot in his compass;
The needle pointed ever to that interest
Which was his loadstar; and he spread his sails
With vantage to the gale of others' passions. [ Ben Jonson ]

Trade hardly deems the busy day begun,
Till his keen eye along the sheet has run;
The blooming daughter throws her needle by.
And reads her schoolmate's marriage with a sigh;
While the grave mother puts her glasses on.
And gives a tear to some old crony gone.
The preacher, too, his Sunday theme lays down,
To know what last new folly fills the town;
Lively or sad, life's meanest, mightiest things.
The fate of fighting cocks, or fighting kings. [ Sprague ]

It is easier to miss, than to hit a needle's eye. [ Proverb ]

The poet's pen is the true divining rod
Which trembles towards the inner founts of feeling;
Bringing to light and use, else hid from all.
The many sweet clear sources which we have
Of good and beauty in our own deep bosoms;
And marks the variations of all mind
As does the needle. [ Bailey ]

You sewed it with a red hot needle and a burning thread. [ Proverb ]

My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread. [ Hood ]

Between a woman's Yes and No you may insert the point of a needle. [ German Proverb ]

By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past see how that which is to come will be drawn on. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

I believe one reason why women are generally so much more cheerful than men is because they can work with the needle, and so endlessly vary their employment. [ Sydney Smith ]

No amount of preaching, exhortation, sympathy, benevolence, will render the condition of our working women what it should be. so long as the kitchen and needle are substantially their only resources. [ Horace Greeley ]

needle in Scrabble®

The word needle is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters needle:

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needle in Words With Friends™

The word needle is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Words within the letters of needle

2 letter words in needle (2 words)

3 letter words in needle (6 words)

4 letter words in needle (5 words)

6 letter words in needle (1 word)

needle + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving needle

Shorter words in needle

need

Longer words containing needle

microneedle microneedles

needlebook needlebooks

needlecraft needlecrafts

needled

needlefish needlefishes

needlegrass needlegrasses

needleless

needlelike

needlemaker needlemakers

needlemaking

needlemonger needlemongers

needlenose needlenoses

needlepoint needlepointed

needlepoint needlepointing

needlepoint needlepoints

needleproof

needler needlers

needles microneedles

needles needleshaped

needles needless needlessly

needles needless needlessness

needlewoman

needlewomen

needlework needleworked

needlework needleworker needleworkers

needlework needleworking

needlework needleworks