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nettle
has definitions from the field of botany
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[ verb ] goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
Examples "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" Used in print (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)This nettled the children into the revelation of exact truth , a sacrifice of their secret superiority over grown people , but a victory in the wide fields of perpetration and illegitimate accomplishment . |
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[ verb ] sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
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[ verb ] cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations
Examples : "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me" "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
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[ noun ] (botany) any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
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