URTICATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urticate mean? 

• URTICATE (verb)
  The verb URTICATE has 2 senses:

1. whip with or as with nettles

2. sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

  Familiarity information: URTICATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URTICATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they urticate    ... he / she / it urticates   
Past simple: urticated   
Past participle: urticated   
-ing form: urticating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Whip with or as with nettles

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "urticate" is one way to...):

lash; whip (strike as if by whipping)

Verb group:

nettle; urticate (sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

nettle; urticate

Hypernyms (to "urticate" is one way to...):

bite; burn; sting (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort)

Verb group:

urticate (whip with or as with nettles)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

urtication (a sensation of having been stung by nettles)