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needlepoint

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for needlepoint.

Editorial note

Often I find myself wanting to write just to do it (I imagine if I was in to needlepoint, this is the time I'd do needlepoint).

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Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

(uncountable) A craft involving pulling yarn, thread, or floss through a canvas mesh to produce a decorative design.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of needlepoint gathered in one view.

noun

(uncountable) A craft involving pulling yarn, thread, or floss through a canvas mesh to produce a decorative design.

noun

(countable) An object made using that craft.

verb

(transitive) To produce a decorative design by this means.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for needlepoint.

noun

(uncountable) A craft involving pulling yarn, thread, or floss through a canvas mesh to produce a decorative design.

noun

(countable) An object made using that craft.

verb

(transitive) To produce a decorative design by this means.

Example sentences

1

Often I find myself wanting to write just to do it (I imagine if I was in to needlepoint, this is the time I'd do needlepoint).

2

My oldest learned to read at a conversational pace through Guild Wars 2; my youngest learned basic math through crochet and needlepoint.

3

A long time ago I made a needlepoint for my mother out of one of her favorite photos.

4

She also does a lot of needlepoint embroidery, often pictures of cats.

5

I mean, it is emulating a needlepoint printer...

6

I thought needlepoint was interesting because it's basically pixel art except much more laborious since each pixel requires a physical stitch.

7

Try drawing or sculpture, learn an instrument, try baking, or needlepoint, play video games.

8

I believe the same can be said for needlepoint, carpentry and heroin.

9

Cooking, cleaning (such as it was), sewing/needlepoint, and raising children all takes considerable time, so they mightn't have had as much time for leisure.

10

That's just weird enough to be plausible -- there's pictures of the Shoes shoes, kitties, rainbows, needlepoint, and Tom Cruise giving a piggy back ride.

11

How does rughooking, crossstich and needlepoint differ?

12

I love the idea that starving Musk of attention might inspire him to go fuck off and pursue some chill offline hobbies like fishing or needlepoint.

Quote examples

1

- Wants us to know it's definitely not a real parser as compared to Needlepoint...then 1000 words later, "real parser" means "handles \r...and validates 1st & 3rd lines begin with @ and +...seq and qual lines have the same length".

Proper noun examples

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Needlepoint is the same process, but not necessarily using 'x' stitches, and extends to more types of threading material.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use needlepoint in a sentence?

Often I find myself wanting to write just to do it (I imagine if I was in to needlepoint, this is the time I'd do needlepoint).

What does needlepoint mean?

(uncountable) A craft involving pulling yarn, thread, or floss through a canvas mesh to produce a decorative design.

What part of speech is needlepoint?

needlepoint is commonly used as noun, verb.