pincushion

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
2. 2
   The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion: A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.
3. 3
   The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion: A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.
4. 4
   The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion: A coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.
5. 5
   The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion: A dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.
6. 6
   The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion: A pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.
7. 7
   The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion: A pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.
8. 8
   A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.

Verb

1. 1
   To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
2. 2
   To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.