ALL meanings of nettle
net·tle
N n - noun nettle any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family. 1
- noun nettle any of various allied or similar plants. 1
- verb with object nettle to irritate, annoy, or provoke. 1
- verb with object nettle to sting as a nettle does. 1
- idioms nettle grasp the nettle, Australian. to undertake or tackle an unpleasant task. 1
- noun nettle Any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. 1
- noun nettle stinging plant 1
- transitive verb nettle irritate 1
- countable noun nettle Nettles are wild plants which have leaves covered with fine hairs that sting you when you touch them. 0
- verb nettle If you are nettled by something, you are annoyed or offended by it. 0
- noun nettle any weedy plant of the temperate urticaceous genus Urtica, such as U. dioica (stinging nettle), having serrated leaves with stinging hairs and greenish flowers 0
- noun nettle any of various other urticaceous plants with stinging hairs or spines 0
- noun nettle any of various plants that resemble urticaceous nettles, such as the dead-nettle, hemp nettle, and horse nettle 0
- verb nettle to bother; irritate 0
- verb nettle to sting as a nettle does 0
- noun nettle any of a genus (Urtica) of annual and perennial weeds of the nettle family with stinging hairs 0
- noun nettle any of various other stinging or spiny plants 0
- adjective nettle designating a family (Urticaceae, order Urticales) of chiefly tropical, dicotyledonous plants usually covered with stinging hairs, including the ramie 0
- verb transitive nettle to sting with or as with nettles 0
- verb transitive nettle to irritate; annoy; vex 0