stinging
part of speech
adjective; present participle of sting (sting, stings, stung, stinging)
meaning for a pupil
1) A stinging insect or plant can hurt you with a sting, like a bee, wasp or stinging nettle. tree →
2) Stinging pain is a sharp, burning pain. tree →
3) Stinging words are very hurtful. tree →
sense in the lessons
In nature and safety lessons, stinging insects (bees, wasps, hornets) and stinging plants (nettles) can hurt; some people are allergic to stings and need help at once. Jellyfish have stinging tentacles. Dock leaves are said to soothe nettle stings. Soap or smoke can make your eyes sting. Phrases: stinging nettles, stinging pain, stinging cold, a stinging remark.
examples
- Watch out for stinging nettles on the path. tree →
- Bees and wasps are stinging insects. tree →
- The jellyfish's tentacles are stinging. tree →
- I felt a stinging pain in my finger. tree →
- The soap made my eyes sting. tree →
- The stinging wind made our faces red. tree →
- Do you see the stinging nettle which I hold in my hand? tree →
note
Past of sting is stung, not "stinged". Bees usually die after one sting; wasps can sting again. "Stinging" is not the same as "biting": mosquitoes bite, bees sting. If someone has swelling of the face or trouble breathing after a sting, call emergency help.
In the corpora
- Honeybees die after stinging people because the barbed stinger sticks in skin and tears out, but not when stinging other insects.
- A honeybee leaves its barbed stinger in the skin and dies after stinging.
- Shaking out shoes, gloves and clothes left outside stops a hidden scorpion or spider from stinging you.
- A weever fish buried in the sand feels him coming and swims off instead of stinging him.
- Stinging nettles have tiny hairs that inject a stinging liquid.
Trees and pragmatics
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