nettle
11nettle — I UK [ˈnet(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms nettle : singular nettle plural nettles a tall plant with pointed leaves and small hairs that sting if you touch them • grasp the nettle II UK [ˈnet(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms nettle :… …
12nettle — net|tle1 [ˈnetl] n also stinging nettle [: Old English; Origin: netel] a wild plant with rough leaves that sting you →grasp the nettle at ↑grasp1 (4), ↑stinging nettle nettle 2 nettle2 v be nettled (by sth) …
13nettle — nettlelike, adj. nettler, n. nettly, adj. /net l/, n., v., nettled, nettling. n. 1. any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Cf. nettle family. 2. any of various allied or similar plants. 3. grasp the nettle, Australian. to… …
14Nettle — Recorded in several spellings including Nettle, Nettell, the patronymic Nettles, and probably others, this is a medieval English surname. It has at least two possible origins. The most likely is a nickname for a person with the prickly… …
15nettle — didžioji dilgėlė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Dilgėlinių šeimos vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Urtica dioica), paplitęs Europoje, Azijoje, šiaurės Afrikoje ir Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Urtica dioica angl. European nettle;… …
16nettle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English netel; akin to Old High German nazza nettle, Greek adikē Date: before 12th century 1. any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with… …
17nettle — 1. noun /ˈnet(ə)l/ a) A herb of the genus Urtica, which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. b) The non stinging plant deadnettle, also in the nettle family, Urticaceae (named after the above). 2. verb …
18Nettle — 1) Heb. haral, pricking or burning, Prov. 24:30, 31 (R.V. marg., wild vetches ); Job 30:7; Zeph. 2:9. Many have supposed that some thorny or prickly plant is intended by this word, such as the bramble, the thistle, the wild plum, the cactus or …
19nettle — [[t]ne̱t(ə)l[/t]] nettles, nettling, nettled 1) N COUNT Nettles are wild plants which have leaves covered with fine hairs that sting you when you touch them. The nettles stung their legs. ...numerous clumps of stinging nettles dotted across the… …
20nettle — noun a herbaceous plant having jagged leaves covered with stinging hairs. [Urtica dioica and other species.] ↘used in names of plants of a similar appearance, e.g. dead nettle. verb 1》 annoy; irritate. 2》 archaic sting with nettles. Phrases grasp …
