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Nettle
nettle
(nettles, nettling, nettled) 1. Nettles are wild plants which have leaves covered with fine hairs that sting you when you touch them. The nettles stung their legs. N-COUNT 2. If you are nettled by something, you are annoyed or offended by it. He was nettled by her manner... It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really nettled him. VERB: be V-ed, V n
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English netel; akin to Old High German nazza ~, Greek adike Date: before 12th century 1. any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the ~ family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs 2. any of various prickly or stinging plants other than the true ~s (genus Urtica) II. transitive verb (~d; nettling) Date: 15th century 1. to strike or sting with or as if with ~s 2. to arouse to sharp but transitory annoyance or anger Synonyms: see irritate ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 any plant of the genus Urtica, esp. U. dioica, with jagged leaves covered with stinging hairs. 2 any of various plants resembling this. --v.tr. 1 irritate, provoke, annoy. 2 sting with nettles. Phrases and idioms nettle-rash a skin eruption like nettle stings. Etymology: OE netle, netele ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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крапива (Urtica) – annual nettle – bee nettle – blind nettle – burning nettle – Canada nettle – common nettle – dog nettle – dwarf nettle – false nettle – flowering nettle – French nettle – great nettle – hedge nettle – hemp nettle – horse nettle – silverspot false nettle – slender nettle – small nettle – stinging nettle – tallwild nettle – weak nettle – wood nettle ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. бот. крапива (Urtica gen.) 2. источник раздражения the noise is a constant nettle —- этот вечный шум просто невыносим Id: to be on nettles —- сидеть как ни иголках (как на угольях) Id: to grasp the nettle —- решительно браться за трудное дело Id: grasp the nettle and it won't sting you —- посл. отвага - половина спасения 3. обжигать крапивой he nettled himself —- он обжегся крапивой (обстрекался) 4. жечься (о растениях, медузах) 5. сечь крапивой 6. раздражать, уязвлять; злить, сердить nettled by (with) smth. —- раздраженный чем-л. her indifference nettled him —- ее равнодушие укололо его ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun крапива; - small nettle - stinging nettle - great nettle - common nettle to be on nettles - сидеть как на иголках to grasp the nettle - решительно браться за трудное дело; grasp the nettle and it wont sting you prov. - смелость города берет 2. v. 1) обжигать крапивой 2) раздражать, уязвлять, сердить Syn: see unsettle ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n a wild plant with rough leaves that sting you (- see also grasp the nettle grasp1 (4)) ~2 v be nettled informal to be annoyed by someone's behaviour (She was nettled by Holman's remark.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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