Nettle

Word NETTLE
Character 6
Hyphenation net tle
Pronunciations /ˈnɛt(ə)l/

Definitions and meanings of "Nettle"

What do we mean by nettle?

Any of various plants of the genus Urtica, having toothed leaves, unisexual apetalous flowers, and stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact. noun

Any of various hairy, stinging, or prickly plants. noun

To sting with or as if with a nettle. transitive verb

To irritate; vex. transitive verb

To sting; irritate or vex; provoke; pique.

Nautical, same as knittle, 2. noun

The white dead-nettle, Lamium album. noun

A herbaceous plant of the genus Urtica, armed with stinging hairs. noun

One of several plants of other genera of the nettle family (Urticaceæ); any nettle-like plant: generally with a qualifying word. noun

To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger. transitive verb

A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracilis is common in the Northern, and Urtica chamædryoides in the Southern, United States. The common European species, Urtica urens and Urtica dioica, are also found in the Eastern united States. Urtica pilulifera is the Roman nettle of England. noun

A kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes. noun

An eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles. noun

A medusa. noun

A herb of the genus Urtica, which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. noun

The non-stinging plant deadnettle, also in the nettle family, Urticaceae. noun

Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea-nettle. noun

Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone. verb

To pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone. verb

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

Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

Certain plants that have spines or prickles:

Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:

Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.

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The word "nettle" in example sentences

He will make over to the ignominy of ignorant and barbaric ages, -- 'for we call a nettle but a nettle,' he will turn into a forgotten pageant of the rude, early, instinctive ages, the yet brutal ages of an undeveloped humanity, that triumphant reception at home, of the Conqueror of Foreign States. ❋ Delia Bacon (1835)

Naturalist we are told, that these names are omitted, 'for we call a nettle but a nettle, and the faults of fools their folly,' -- that exclusive good he finds both passive and active, and this also is one of those primary distinctions which 'is formed in all things,' and so too is the _subdivision_ of passive good which follows. ❋ Delia Bacon (1835)

a monkey, poison to a nettle, and folly to a fool, they called a nettle ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

We need to be very transparent, and very clear that this cannot continue, but at the same time grasp a very difficult political nettle, which is to address the problem of pay at the senior levels of the Civil Service. ❋ Unknown (2012)

I've also been looking to include more raw garlic in my diet as I've been fighting off a few infections so I hit on the idea of nettle pesto. ❋ Esther (2007)

This year we are grasping an even more difficult nettle, which is human rights in the two traditions. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The sting of the nettle is a very curious and interesting object under the microscope. ❋ W. Houghton (N/A)

The bird spends the day searching for food in such places -- hence its name nettle-creeper -- creeping along the hedges, under brambles and thorns, and builds its nest in the locality to which it is accustomed. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

"We need to be very transparent, and very clear that this cannot continue, but at the same time grasp a very difficult political nettle, which is to address the problem of pay at the senior levels of the Civil Service." ❋ Patrick Wintour (2012)

But an invasive pest called the nettle moth caterpillar can take the fun out ❋ Unknown (2009)

This word has been regarded as denoting thorns, thistles, wild camomile; but probably it is correctly rendered "nettle," the Urtica pilulifera, "a tall and vigorous plant, often 6 feet high, the sting of which is much more severe and irritating than that of our common nettle." ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)

If gas produces an itching sensation, would it not be reasonable to suppose that the consistence of lymph would cause elevations on the skin, such as nettle-rash. ❋ Unknown (1872)

Being highly curious creatures, we Martians find it hard to resist interrupting our work to find out more about something unknown, like the peculiar way humans endow the use of words like "nettle," "wazoo," and so on, with meanings they didn't originally have. ❋ Llscotts (2010)

He also stopped to point out the various plantlife, like a strange plant called a 'nettle'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the end I remember his saying,] 'Grasp your nettle, that is what I have got to do.'" ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

Of the fibres of the cocoa-nut they make thread for fastening together the several parts of their canoes and belts, either round or flat, twisted or plaited; and of the bark of the _erowa_, a kind of nettle which grows in the mountains, and is therefore rather scarce, they make the best fishing lines in the world; with these they hold the strongest and most active fish, such as bonetas and albicores, which would snap our strongest silk lines in a minute, though they are twice as thick. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

"Not more than 20 yards from where my tent stood, there is a deep ravine clothed on both banks with a dense jungle of the larger kind of nettle (_Girardinia heterophylla_: such nettles too!), the hilldock ❋ Allan Octavian Hume (1870)

The best supporting actress prize to Octavia Spencer, for The Help, will nettle those who find this movie highly sucrose and even suspect, and who felt that, heretically, it might have been more interesting for Melissa McCarthy's out-and-out comedy performance in Bridesmaids to have been rewarded. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Until our leaders grasp this nettle, rhetoric about muscle and identity will remain just rhetoric. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Literary foodies are trading tips on how to cook eel pie and nettle soup, sharing ideas on blogs, YouTube and Twitter, and occasionally scoring cookbook deals. ❋ Alexandra Alter (2011)

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