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 →

2) A needle is the very thin hollow part of a syringe that a doctor or nurse uses for injections. tree →

3) Pine needles are the thin, pointed leaves of pine and other evergreen trees. tree →

4) A needle is a thin pointer on a dial, like on a compass. tree →

5) Knitting needles are long sticks for knitting. tree →

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 →
• The nurse used a needle to give me my vaccination. tree →
• If you find a needle in the park, don't touch it; tell an adult. tree →
• Pine needles covered the forest floor. tree →
• The compass needle pointed north. tree →
• Looking for my earring in the sand is like looking for a needle in a haystack. tree →
• My foot has pins and needles from sitting on it. tree →
• Can you help me thread this needle? tree →
• She took her needle and sang: tree →

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.
• A mosquito's mouth is not one needle but six thin parts working together.
• A compass needle points roughly north.
• A needle or pin found on the floor should be put in a pincushion or given to a grown-up.
• A used needle found outside must never be touched, because it can carry dangerous infections.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «needle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.