nettle
🇺🇸
/ˈnetl/
🇬🇧
/ˈnetl/
noun
R
A plant with leaves that have little stingers on them, which can make you feel a stinging pain if you touch them.
The nettles had spread and now covered half the garden, so I had to wear gloves to pull them out.
verb
R
To bother or annoy someone slightly.
My remarks clearly nettled her, as she seemed quite upset afterwards.
translation
A plant with leaves that have little stingers on them, which can make you feel a stinging pain if you touch them.
To bother or annoy someone slightly.
Word Forms
3rd Present
nettles
Past
nettled
Perfect
nettled
Progressive
nettling
Plural
nettles