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English to English noun
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a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung |  | Example: the sting of death
he felt the stinging of nettles
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a mental pain or distress | | Example: a pang of conscience
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a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | | source: wordnet30
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a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | | source: wordnet30
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Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion. | | source: webster1913 verb
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cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | | Example: The sun burned his face
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deliver a sting to | | Example: A bee stung my arm yesterday
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saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous | | Example: They stuck me with the dinner bill
I was stung with a huge tax bill
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cause a stinging pain | | Example: The needle pricked his skin
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cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | | Example: His remark stung her
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To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands. | | source: webster1913
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