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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

needlelike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁tlom Proto-Germanic *nēþlą Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *nēþlō Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu Old English nǣdl Middle English nedle English needle Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English needlelike From needle + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling a needle in shape.
    • It has a needlelike tower rising above a 23-foot-8-inch-wide street front. 2007 March 18, Josh Barbanel, “Tall and Thin, Back in Fashion”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most needlelike Degree=Sup lexicographic
needle-like alternative lexicographic
more needlelike Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Coordinates

spindlelike · wirelike · dartlike · pinlike · fusiform