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needle

/ˈniːd(ə)l/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈniːd(ə)l/
needle
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

need - le -> needle

Myanmar meaning

(n) ချုပ်အပ်။ ဇာထိုးအပ်။ (အိမ်မြှောင်စက်ကိရိယာစသည်တို့ရှိ) လက်တံ။ ဆေးထိုးအပ်။ အပ်ကဲ့သို့ ချွန်သောအရာ။ ဓာတ်စက်အပ်။ (infml) ဒေါသ သို့ ရန်စောင်ခြင်း။ (စကားဖြင့်) ဆွပေးသည် ၊ကလိသည်။

Full entry

needle /'ni:dl/ n

၁။ [C] ချုပ်အပ်။ the eye of a needle ❍ She threaded the needle expertly. See also PINS AND NEEDLES
၂။ [C] ဇာထိုးအပ်။ knitting needles ❍ a crochet needle.
၃။ [C] (အိမ်မြှောင်၊ စက်ကိရိယာ စသည်တို့ရှိ) လက်တံ။ the speedometer needle ❍ The compass needle swung round.
၄။ [C] ဆေးထိုးအပ်။ disposable needles for injecting drugs.  INJECTION
၅။ [C] အပ်ကဲ့သို့ ချွန်သောအရာ။ dead pine needles.
၆။ [C] ဓာတ်စက်အပ်။
၇။ [U] (infml ) ဒေါသ (သို့) ရန်စောင်ခြင်း။ A certain amount of needle has crept into (ie gradually appeared in) this game. ❍ a needle game/ match (ie one in which the competitors are very fierce rivals).
v (infml ) (စကားဖြင့်) ဆွပေးသည်၊ ကလိသည်။ I could see that my questions were needling him.
❏ a needle in a haystack [IDM ] (အရှာရခက် သူ၊ အရာ) ကောက်ရိုးပုံထဲကအပ်။ Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

More examples
  • Hypodermic needles
  • [share a needle] : People are at risk of disease when they share needles.
  • A needle and thread
  • A compass needle
  • A record needle
  • Pine needles
Synonyms
spine, pine needle, spike, prickle, aggravate, annoy, badger, bait, barb, bedevil, bother, deadlocked, enrage, examine, gnaw, goad, hand, harass, hassle, hector, indicator, irk, irritate, nag, neck-and-neck, needler, nettle, niggle, pester, plague, pointer, prick, prod, provoke, question, quiz, ride, rile, ruffle, spur, sticker, sting, taunt, tease, too close to call, tweak, worry
Antonyms
aid, appease, assist, assuage, delight, discourage, dissuade, help, make happy, mollify, please, praise, soothe
Cross references
spinepine needlespikeprickleaggravateannoybadgerbaitbarbbedevilbotherdeadlockedenrageexaminegnawgoadhandharasshasslehectorindicatorirkirritatenagneck-and-neckneedlernettleniggle
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