smarting (verb)

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• smart — [[t]smɑ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ♦♦♦ smarter, smartest, smarts, smarting, smarted 1) ADJ GRADED Smart people and things are pleasantly neat and clean in appearance. [mainly BRIT] He was smart and well groomed but not good looking... I was dressed in a smart… …   English dictionary

• sting — [c]/stɪŋ / (say sting) verb (stung, stinging) –verb (t) 1. to prick or wound with some sharp pointed, often venom bearing, organ, with which certain animals are equipped: a bee stung me. 2. to affect painfully or irritatingly, especially as a… …  

• smart — 1 adjective 1 CLEVER especially AmE a) intelligent: The smart kids get good grades and go off to college. | Some smart lawyer got him out of jail. b) trying to seem clever in a disrespectful way: Don t get smart with me, young man. 2 WELL DRESSED …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• smart — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English smert causing pain, from Old English smeart; akin to Old English smeortan Date: before 12th century 1. making one smart ; causing a sharp stinging 2. marked by often sharp forceful activity or vigorous… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• smart — adjective 1》 clean, tidy, and stylish. 2》 bright and fresh in appearance. 3》 (of a place) fashionable and upmarket. 4》 informal having a quick intelligence.     ↘(of a device) programmed so as to be capable of independent action.     ↘chiefly N.… …   English new terms dictionary

• smart — I UK [smɑː(r)t] / US [smɑrt] adjective Word forms smart : adjective smart comparative smarter superlative smartest ** 1) a) clean and neat in appearance and dressed in nice fashionable clothes, especially in a slightly formal way Sandy s looking… …   English dictionary

• prick|le — «PRIHK uhl», noun, verb, led, ling. –n. 1. a) a small, sharp point; thorn; spine: »One of the prickles on the rosebush caught in my thumb. b) Botany. a sharp point growing from the bark of a plant like a thorn but able to be peeled off. 2. a… …   Useful english dictionary

• bite — I. verb (bit; bitten; also bit; biting) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bītan; akin to Old High German bīzan to bite, Latin findere to split Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to seize especially with teeth or jaws so as… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Suffering Noun 1. pain, suffering, sufferance; hurt, cut; discomfort, painfulness; discomfort, malaise; nightmare; anguish, agony, misery, excruciation, torment, torture, rack; Weltschmerz; distress,… …   English dictionary for students

• sty — 1. noun /staɪ/ a) A pen or enclosure for swine. b) A messy or dirty place. Syn: pig pen, pigsty, hovel 2 …   Wiktionary

• ache — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pain. v. i. hurt, smart, throb, pain; yearn (See desire). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dull pain, throbbing, twinge, pang; see pain 2 . v. Syn. pain, throb, be sore; see hurt 4 . III (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students