Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sting | Yes | No | Yes | No |
nettle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
sting (noun) | nettle (noun) |
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a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae) |
operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act | |
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung | |
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | |
a mental pain or distress |
sting (verb) | nettle (verb) |
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saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations |
deliver a sting to | sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation |
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | |
cause a stinging pain | |
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort |