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DARNING NEEDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does darning needle mean? 

DARNING NEEDLE (noun)
  The noun DARNING NEEDLE has 2 senses:

1. a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery threadplay

2. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.play

  Familiarity information: DARNING NEEDLE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DARNING NEEDLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

darning needle; embroidery needle

Hypernyms ("darning needle" is a kind of...):

sewing needle (a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

darning needle; devil's darning needle; dragonfly; mosquito hawk; sewing needle; skeeter hawk; snake doctor; snake feeder

Hypernyms ("darning needle" is a kind of...):

odonate (large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings)


 Context examples 


It flew open, and there he stood in his dressing gown, with a big blue sock on one hand and a darning needle in the other.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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