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# needle

«needle» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very thin, sharp piece of metal with a hole (an eye) at…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a needle, needles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A needle is a very thin, sharp piece of metal with a hole (an eye) at one end for thread, used for sewing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#m1)

2) A needle is the very thin hollow part of a syringe that a doctor or nurse uses for injections. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#m2)

3) Pine needles are the thin, pointed leaves of pine and other evergreen trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#m3)

4) A needle is a thin pointer on a dial, like on a compass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#m4)

5) Knitting needles are long sticks for knitting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life needles are used for sewing buttons and for knitting. In health lessons a nurse uses a needle for vaccinations (jabs or shots); it may hurt a little for a moment. In safety lessons, never pick up a needle you find on the ground, in a park or on the beach; tell an adult, because used needles can carry germs. In science a compass needle points to magnetic north. Phrases: needle and thread, thread a needle, a needle in a haystack, pins and needles.

### examples

- Grandma sewed my button back on with a needle and thread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#x1)
- The nurse used a needle to give me my vaccination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#x2)
- If you find a needle in the park, don't touch it; tell an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#x3)
- Pine needles covered the forest floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#x4)
- The compass needle pointed north. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#x5)
- Looking for my earring in the sand is like looking for a needle in a haystack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#x6)
- My foot has pins and needles from sitting on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#x7)
- Can you help me thread this needle? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#x8)
- She took her needle and sang: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/#x9)

### note

Countable: needles. «A needle in a haystack» means something very hard to find. «Pins and needles» is the tingly feeling when a part of your body has been squashed. Keep sewing needles away from babies and pets.

### In the corpora

- [A puppy's needle-sharp baby teeth fall out at about four to six months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/326-a-puppy-at-home-the-first-weeks/13/)
- [A mosquito's mouth is not one needle but six thin parts working together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches/8/)
- [A compass needle points roughly north.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/16-landmarks/13/)
- [A needle or pin found on the floor should be put in a pincushion or given to a grown-up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/6/)
- [A used needle found outside must never be touched, because it can carry dangerous infections.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «needle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/needle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.