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needle
Noun
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A needle is a small, long, thin sharp metal thing with a hole in it, used for sewing.
She used a needle and blue thread to fix the hole in the shirt.
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A needle is a long, thing, sharp metal thing for putting drugs into a person through the skin.
The doctor used the needle to inject the medicine into the patient.
needle
Verb
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To tease; to make fun of.
Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.
back
Preposition
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Toward the rear.
He went back behind the stands.
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To a place again.
I didn't like it, so I sent it back.
He went back to the same house.
They came back again.
back
Noun
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The back is the rear part of something; it is the part in the other direction from the front.
I went to the back of the house.
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The back is the rear part of the human body.
He had a scar on his back.
back
Verb
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If you back something, you support it.
The Republicans backed the bill.
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If you back up, you move backward.
He put the car in gear and backed right into the garage door.