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Nettle

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Noun

1. nettle

any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

Verb

2. nettle, urticate

sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

3. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex

cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Example Sentences:
'Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me'
'It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Nettle

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noun
1. 
any weedy plant of the temperate urticaceous genus Urtica, such as U. dioica (stinging nettle), having serrated leaves with stinging hairs and greenish flowers
2. 
any of various other urticaceous plants with stinging hairs or spines
3. 
any of various plants that resemble urticaceous nettles, such as the dead-nettle, hemp nettle, and horse nettle
4.  grasp the nettle
verb (transitive)
5. 
to bother; irritate
6. 
to sting as a nettle does

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Nettle

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noun
1. 
any of a genus (Urtica) of annual and perennial weeds of the nettle family with stinging hairs
2. 
any of various other stinging or spiny plants
adjective
3. 
designating a family (Urticaceae, order Urticales) of chiefly tropical, dicotyledonous plants usually covered with stinging hairs, including the ramie
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈnettled or ˈnettling
4. 
to sting with or as with nettles
5. 
to irritate; annoy; vex

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Nettle

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n.
1. Any of various plants of the genus Urtica, having toothed leaves, unisexual apetalous flowers, and stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact.
2. Any of various hairy, stinging, or prickly plants.
tr.v. net·tled, net·tling, net·tles
1. To sting with or as if with a nettle.
2. To irritate; vex.

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