1. (n.)needle a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usu. of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
2. needle any of various related, usu. considerably larger, implements for making stitches, as in knitting or crocheting.
3. needle Med.
4. needle a slender, pointed, steel instrument used in sewing or piercing tissues, as in suturing.
5. needle a hypodermic needle.
6. needle an injection of a drug or medicine; shot.
7. needle any of various objects resembling or suggesting a needle.
8. needle the tapered stylus at the end of a phonographic tonearm, used to transmit vibrations from a record groove to a transducer for conversion to audible signals.
9. needle a pointed instrument, or stylus, used in engraving, etching, or the like.
10. needle Bot. a needle-shaped leaf, as of a pine.
11. needle Zool. a slender, sharp spicule.
12. needle Chem., Mineral. a needlelike crystal.
13. needle a sharp-pointed mass or pinnacle of rock.
14. needle an obelisk or a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone.
15. needle Informal. teasing or harassing remarks.
16. (v.t.)needle to sew or pierce with or as if with a needle.
17. needle Informal.
18. needle to prod or goad (someone) to a specified action: We needled her into going with us.
1. (noun)needle a thin hollow piece of metal used for giving medicine through the skin I'm afraid of needles.
2. needle a thin pointed piece of metal used for sewing or knitting a needle and thread; knitting needles
3. needle a long thin object that points to a number, level, direction, etc. on a device The speedometer needle pointed to 80 mph.
4. needle a long thin leaf of a pine tree pine needles on the ground
Definition of 'Needle'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Needle a small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing
2. (noun)Needle see Magnetic needle, under Magnetic
3. (noun)Needle a slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting
4. (noun)Needle one of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus
5. (noun)Needle any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc
6. (verb)Needle to form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals
7. (verb)Needle to form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles
Definition of 'Needle'
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
1. Needle (a) A term applied to a bar magnet poised horizontally upon a vertical point, or suspended in a horizontal position by a filament. Thus the magnet in a mariner's compass, which may be a substantial bar magnet, is called a magnetic needle.
(b) An indicator in general shape like the hand of a clock. (Sec Annunciator, Needle- Telegraph, Needle.)
Definitions of Needle 
Afrikaans: naald
Arabic: إبْرَه
Bulgarian: игла
Brazilian: agulha
Czech: jehla
German: Nadel
Danish: nål; -nål
Greek: βελόνα
Spanish: aguja
Estonian: nõel
Farsi: سوزن
Finnish: neula
French: aiguille
Hebrew: מַחַט
Hindi: सुई
Croatian: igla zašivanje
Hungarian: (varró)tű
Indonesian: jarum
Icelandic: saumnál
Italian: ago
Japanese: 針
Korean: 바늘
Lithuanian: adata
Latvian: adata
Malay: jarum
Dutch: naald
Norwegian: (sy)nål
Polish: igła
Persian: سوزن
Pashto: ستن
Portuguese: agulha
Russian: иголка
Slovak: ihla
Slovenian: šivanka
Serbian: igla
Swedish: nål
Thai: เข็ม
Turkish: iğne
Taiwanese: 針
Ukrainian: голка
Urdu: سوئي
Vietnamese: kim khâu
Chinese: 针
