Meanings (ES + gloss)
aguja • yauri • yawri
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.
reusable needles
acícula • aguja
A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth.
Phrases
Adam's needleBuffon's needle problemEve's needleNeedle GalaxySpanish needlesbioneedlebudge the needlecamel through the eye of a needlecop the needlecryoneedledevil's darning needledevil's needledip of the needlefine-needle aspirationit is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of Godknight of the needlelarding-needlemicroneedlemove the needlemultineedlenanoneedleneedle aspiration biopsyneedle barneedle beamneedle bearingneedle beerneedle bushneedle dickneedle dropneedle exchangeneedle furzeneedle girlneedle gunneedle holderneedle iceneedle in a haystackneedle laceneedle loomneedle matchneedle mover
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