B1verb · transitive · common

needle

nee·dle

needle · needles · needled · needling

чесать, дразнить, провоцировать

hänseln

To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupunctureTo pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.

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/ˈniː.dəl/

» Let me thread the needle for you.

Позвольте, я вдену вам нитку в иголку.

Дай-но я допоможу тобі вставити голку в нитку.

Meaning

3 senses

To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.
prick with a needle
(transitive)To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.
Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.
hänseln
(ambitransitive)To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.
to needle crystals

Examples

189 sentences

Let me thread the needle for you.
Дай-но я допоможу тобі вставити голку в нитку. — deniko
ruПозвольте, я вдену вам нитку в иголку. — odexed
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Compass needles point to the north.
ruСтрелка компаса указывает на север. — marafon
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Please thread this needle for me.
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I pricked my thumb with a needle.
ruЯ уколол себе большой палец иглой. — odexed
deIch habe mich mit der Nadel in den Daumen gestochen. — xtofu80
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Tom pricked his finger with a needle.
deTom hat sich mit einer Nadel in den Finger gestochen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Translations

4 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to tease in order to provoke:

Origin

From Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Pr

From Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, from pre-Germanic *neh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”).

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