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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 thread
2. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
Familiarity information: DARNING NEEDLE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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