sting

«sting» in Mova's school dictionary: Of a bee, wasp, jellyfish or nettle: to hurt you by… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (sting, stings, stung, stinging); noun (a sting, stings; a stinger)

meaning for a pupil

1) Of a bee, wasp, jellyfish or nettle: to hurt you by pushing a tiny sharp part or poison into your skin. tree →

2) A noun: the wound or pain made by this. tree →

3) To feel or cause a sharp burning pain: soap stings your eyes. tree →

4) A noun: the sharp part of an insect that stings (also called a stinger). tree →

5) Of words: to hurt someone's feelings. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science: bees, wasps, scorpions, jellyfish and some plants (nettles) use stings to defend themselves. In safety: stay calm near bees, tell an adult about a sting, some people are allergic and need help fast. In stories a sting can be a sharp feeling of hurt or shame. Phrases: a bee sting, stung by a wasp, stinging nettles, a sting in the tail.

examples

• A bee stung me on the finger. tree →
• The wasp sting made my arm red and swollen. tree →
• Shampoo stings if it gets in your eyes. tree →
• Stinging nettles grow by the path, so wear long trousers. tree →
• Jellyfish can sting you at the beach in Australia. tree →
• Some people are allergic to bee stings and need a doctor quickly. tree →
• A honeybee dies after it stings. tree →
• Her mean words stung more than the fall. tree →
• The Wasps said that they would keep guard and drive off thieves with their stings. tree →

note

Irregular verb: sting, stung, stung — not «stinged». A bee loses its sting and dies; a wasp can sting again. Vinegar or rubbing helps only some stings; always tell an adult. A sting is not a bite: mosquitoes and dogs bite, bees and wasps sting.

In the corpora

• Some people are dangerously allergic to stings and need help fast.
• Clownfish really do live inside sea anemones, whose waving tentacles are full of stings that kill other small fish.
• Tarantulas are mostly gentle; their bite is usually no worse than a bee sting, and some flick itchy hairs to defend themselves.
• What elephants really fear is the buzzing of angry bees, which can sting the soft skin inside the trunk and round the eyes.
• Some farmers smear fences with chilli and grease or burn chilli bricks, because chilli stings elephants' sensitive trunks.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sting» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.