1. needle

noun. ['ˈniːdəl'] the leaf of a conifer.

Words that Rhyme with Needle

• tweedle
• steidle
• steidl
• friedl
• friedel
• freedle
• wiedel
• riedl
• riedel
• neidl
• nedel
• meidl
• liedel
• keadle
• cheadle
• beedle
• beadle

Example sentences of the word needle

1. Noun, singular or mass
Attach a needle to a string and dangle it over the egg for a minute or two.

2. Adjective
Thread a needle with double thread and a double knot.

3. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Place a dried leaf and pine needle compost on top of the soil in the pot.

Quotes containing the word needle

1. Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.
- Hunter S. Thompson

2. Separation Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.
- W.S. Merwin

3. Desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all. As soon as you want somebody—really want him—it is as though you have taken a surgical needle and sutured your happiness to the skin of that person, so that any separation will now cause a lacerating injury.
- Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

2. needle-wood

noun. large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia.

3. needle-bush

noun. shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia.

4. needle-shaped

adjective. narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves.

5. needle

noun. ['ˈniːdəl'] a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument.

6. needle

noun. ['ˈniːdəl'] a sharp pointed implement (usually steel).

7. needle

verb. ['ˈniːdəl'] goad or provoke,as by constant criticism.

8. needle

noun. ['ˈniːdəl'] a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record.

9. needle

verb. ['ˈniːdəl'] prick with a needle.