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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#m1)

2) A noun: the wound or pain made by this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#m2)

3) To feel or cause a sharp burning pain: soap stings your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#m3)

4) A noun: the sharp part of an insect that stings (also called a stinger). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#m4)

5) Of words: to hurt someone's feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#x1)
- The wasp sting made my arm red and swollen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#x2)
- Shampoo stings if it gets in your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#x3)
- Stinging nettles grow by the path, so wear long trousers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#x4)
- Jellyfish can sting you at the beach in Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#x5)
- Some people are allergic to bee stings and need a doctor quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#x6)
- A honeybee dies after it stings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#x7)
- Her mean words stung more than the fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#x8)
- The Wasps said that they would keep guard and drive off thieves with their stings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/53-how-animals-defend-themselves/13/)
- [Clownfish really do live inside sea anemones, whose waving tentacles are full of stings that kill other small fish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/132-finding-nemo-real-clownfish-and-anemones/0/)
- [Tarantulas are mostly gentle; their bite is usually no worse than a bee sting, and some flick itchy hairs to defend themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/11/)
- [What elephants really fear is the buzzing of angry bees, which can sting the soft skin inside the trunk and round the eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/4/)
- [Some farmers smear fences with chilli and grease or burn chilli bricks, because chilli stings elephants' sensitive trunks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.