āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
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āĻĻāĻāĻļāύ, āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻž
a painful infliction caused by a small sharp and pointed organ that some insects have and use to penetrate the prey and inject poison
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sting from the wasp left a red mark on his skin.
āϤāĻžāĻāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§āϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻĻāĻžāĻ āϰā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž, āĻ āĻāĻžāύā§
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
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āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻĻ, āĻā§āĻĒāύ āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύ
operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
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āĻĻāĻāĻļāύ, āϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
05
āĻĻāĻāĻļāύ, āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž
a mental pain or distress
to sting
01
āĻšā§āϞ āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāύā§, āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§
(of an animal or insect) to pierce the skin of another animal or a human, typically injecting poison, either in self-defense or while preying
Transitive: to sting sb
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Mosquitoes use their proboscis to sting and feed on the blood of their hosts.
āĻŽāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻšā§āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻšā§āϏā§āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āϰāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻāĻžāύā§, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to cheat or charge someone an unfairly high amount
Transitive: to sting sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The vendor stung tourists with overpriced souvenirs.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰā§āϤāĻž āĻ
āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āϏā§āϝā§āĻā§āύāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āĻāĻŋā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāώā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to cause emotional pain or discomfort with a comment or remark
Intransitive
Transitive: to sting sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His joke stung her, even though he did nât mean to hurt her feelings.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāϏāĻŋāĻāϤāĻž āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āϰāĻžāĻā§āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
04
āĻĢā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύā§
to create a sudden, sharp pain or burning feeling
Transitive: to sting the skin
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soap stung her eyes, making them water instantly.
āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻžāύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§, āϤāĻžā§āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāϞ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05
āĻĢā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻž
to experience a sudden, sharp or burning pain
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scrape on his elbow stung after he fell off his bike.
āϏāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻā§āĻŦāϞāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
stingless
sting
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