/stɪŋ/ v [I/T] (past tense and past participle stung /stʌŋ/) (HURT)
Definition
› (esp. of insects, plants, and animals) to produce a small but painful injury by making a very small hole in the skin:
[I] Why do bees sting?
› If something stings, it causes you to feel pain:
[I] The soap made his eyes sting.
(Definition of sting v ((HURT)) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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