needle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the leaf of a conifer
Types & categories
- simple leaf hypernym
Sense 2 verb
goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
He needled her with his sarcastic remarks
Types & categories
- hassle hypernym
Related & opposite
- urging derivation
Sense 3 noun
a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
Types & categories
- pointer hypernym
Sense 4 verb
prick with a needle
Types & categories
- prick hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)
Types & categories
- implement hypernym
- crochet needle hyponym
- dry point hyponym
- hypodermic needle hyponym
- knitting needle hyponym
- packing needle hyponym
- sewing needle hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- needle derivation
Sense 6 noun
a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
Types & categories
- stylus hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | simple leaf |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | urging |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hassle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pointer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | needle |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | stitchery |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | prick |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | needle |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | eye |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | point |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | implement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | crochet needle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | dry point |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypodermic needle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | knitting needle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | packing needle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sewing needle |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | stylus |