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wound
An injury to a plant caused by cutting, scraping, or other external force
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  1. An injury to a plant caused by cutting, scraping, or other external force
  2. An injury to an organism, especially one in which the skin or another external surface is torn, pierced, cut, or otherwise broken.
  3. An injury to the body in which the skin or other tissue is broken, cut, pierced, torn, etc.
cut
A movie at a given stage in its editing:
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  1. A movie at a given stage in its editing:
  2. A part that has been cut from a main body:
  3. A reduction:
sore
A source of pain, irritation, grief, distress, etc.
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  1. A source of pain, irritation, grief, distress, etc.
  2. An open skin lesion, wound, or ulcer.
  3. A sore, usually infected spot on the body, as an ulcer, boil, or blister
stab
An attempt; a try:
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  1. An attempt; a try:
  2. A thrust with a pointed weapon or instrument.
  3. A wound inflicted with or as if with a pointed weapon.
bite
(Informal) An amount cut off or sum deducted
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  1. (Informal) An amount cut off or sum deducted
  2. A skin wound or puncture produced by an animal's teeth or mouthparts:
  3. An amount of food taken into the mouth at one time; a mouthful.
prick
A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.
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  1. A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.
  2. A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.
  3. (Vulgar Slang) A person considered to be mean or contemptible, especially a man.
bite
A secure grip or hold applied by a tool or machine upon a working surface.
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  1. A secure grip or hold applied by a tool or machine upon a working surface.
  2. The act or an instance of taking bait:
  3. A skin wound or puncture produced by an animal's teeth or mouthparts:
burn
An act, process, or result of burning:
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  1. An act, process, or result of burning:
  2. An injury or damage caused by fire, heat, radiation, wind, caustics, etc.: in medicine, burns are classified as first-degree burn, reddening, second-degree burn, blistering, and third-degree burn, destruction of the skin and the tissues under it
  3. A sensation of intense heat, stinging pain, or irritation:
prick
To stand erect; point upward:
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  1. To stand erect; point upward:
  2. To cause or feel a slight, sharp pain
  3. To have a prickly or stinging sensation; tingle
prickle
To cause to feel a tingling sensation
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  1. To cause to feel a tingling sensation
  2. To feel a tingling or pricking sensation:
  3. To tingle
tingle
To have a prickling or stinging feeling, as from cold, a sharp slap, excitement, etc.
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  1. To have a prickling or stinging feeling, as from cold, a sharp slap, excitement, etc.
  2. To have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
  3. To cause such a sensation:
burn
To cause a burn to a bodily tissue.
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  1. To cause a burn to a bodily tissue.
  2. To be very eager:
  3. To harden or impart a finish to by subjecting to intense heat; fire:
inflame
To cause inflammation in (some organ or tissue)
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  1. To cause inflammation in (some organ or tissue)
  2. To produce inflammation in (a tissue or organ).
  3. To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.
irritate
To cause someone to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
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  1. To cause someone to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
  2. (Physiol.) To excite (an organ, muscle, etc.) to a characteristic action or function by a stimulus
  3. (Physiology) To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
bite
To grip, cut into, or injure something with or as if with the teeth.
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  1. To grip, cut into, or injure something with or as if with the teeth.
  2. To show interest in, or accept, something offered
  3. To get or keep a tight hold; grip
burn
To be very eager:
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  1. To be very eager:
  2. To cause a strong impression, especially by emotional intensity:
  3. To harden or impart a finish to by subjecting to intense heat; fire:
smart
To be the location of such a pain:
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  1. To be the location of such a pain:
  2. To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain:
  3. To feel such a pain.
bilk
To defraud, cheat, or swindle:
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  1. To defraud, cheat, or swindle:
  2. To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
  3. To get away without paying (a debt, etc.)
cheat
To deprive of or destroy the effect of through error or ignorance
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  1. To deprive of or destroy the effect of through error or ignorance
  2. To foil or escape by tricks or by good luck
  3. (Sports) To position oneself closer to a certain area than is normal or expected:
cozen
To persuade or induce to do something by cajoling or wheedling.
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  1. To persuade or induce to do something by cajoling or wheedling.
  2. To mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive.
  3. (Archaic) To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.
defraud
To take something from by fraud; swindle:
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  1. To take something from by fraud; swindle:
gull
To cheat or trick; dupe
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  1. To cheat or trick; dupe
mulct
To punish by a fine or by depriving of something
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  1. To punish by a fine or by depriving of something
  2. To extract (money, etc.) from (someone), as by fraud or deceit
  3. To take something from (another) by means of unseemly or deceptive methods.
rook
(Obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
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  1. (Obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
  2. To swindle, cheat, defraud, etc.
  3. To swindle; cheat:
swindle
To engage in swindling others
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  1. To engage in swindling others
  2. To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.
  3. To get money or property from (another) under false pretenses; cheat; defraud
victimize
To make someone a victim or sacrifice.
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  1. To make someone a victim or sacrifice.
  2. To subject to cruel or harmful treatment
  3. To injure or kill.
chisel
To get (something) in this way
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  1. To get (something) in this way
  2. To intrude oneself without welcome:
  3. (Informal) To take advantage of by cheating, sponging, etc.
flimflam
(Informal) To trick, swindle, or cheat
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  1. (Informal) To trick, swindle, or cheat
take
To start growing; root or germinate:
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  1. To start growing; root or germinate:
  2. To carry in one's possession:
  3. To convey by transportation:
trim
(Nautical) To adjust (the sails and yards) so that they receive the wind properly.
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  1. (Nautical) To adjust (the sails and yards) so that they receive the wind properly.
  2. To defeat soundly:
  3. To change one's opinions or viewpoint so as to satisfy opposing factions, etc.; compromise
diddle
(Slang) To play experimentally; toy:
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  1. (Slang) To play experimentally; toy:
  2. (Informal) To move back and forth in a jerky or rapid manner; jiggle
  3. (Slang) To waste time:
do
To take place; happen:
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  1. To take place; happen:
  2. To take place; go on
  3. (Slang) To take (drugs) illegally:
gyp
(Informal) To swindle; cheat
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  1. (Informal) To swindle; cheat
  2. To deprive (another) of something by fraud; cheat or swindle.
stick
To become fixed, blocked, lodged, etc. as by an obstacle
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  1. To become fixed, blocked, lodged, etc. as by an obstacle
  2. To become or remain attached or in close association; cling:
  3. To become stopped or delayed; come to a standstill
ache
A longing or desire.
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  1. A longing or desire.
  2. A painful sorrow.
  3. A dull, steady pain.
pain
An unpleasant feeling occurring as a result of injury or disease, usually localized in some part of the body:
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  1. An unpleasant feeling occurring as a result of injury or disease, usually localized in some part of the body:
  2. (Informal) A source of annoyance; a nuisance:
  3. Bodily suffering characterized by such feelings:
pang
A sudden sharp feeling of emotional distress:
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  1. A sudden sharp feeling of emotional distress:
  2. A sudden, sharp, and brief pain, physical or emotional
  3. A sudden sharp bodily pain:
prick
A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.
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  1. A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting.
  2. A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.
  3. A sharp pain caused by or as if by being pricked
prickle
A prickly sensation; stinging or tingling
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  1. A prickly sensation; stinging or tingling
  2. A small hard pointed outgrowth of the epidermis of a plant, in contrast to a modified plant organ such as a spine or thorn.
  3. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
smart
(Slang) Intelligence; expertise:
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  1. (Slang) Intelligence; expertise:
  2. Sharp pain or anguish:
  3. A smarting sensation, pain or distress
stab
A wound inflicted with or as if with a pointed weapon.
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  1. A wound inflicted with or as if with a pointed weapon.
  2. An attempt; a try:
  3. A sudden sensation of anguish or pain
stitch
(Informal) The least part; a bit:
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  1. (Informal) The least part; a bit:
  2. A sudden, sharp pain in the side or back
  3. A way of arranging the threads in sewing, knitting, crocheting, or suturing:
throe
A condition of extreme difficulty or trouble:
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  1. A condition of extreme difficulty or trouble:
  2. A spasm or pang of pain
  3. A severe pang or spasm of pain, as in childbirth.
twinge
A mental or emotional pain:
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  1. A mental or emotional pain:
  2. A sharp, sudden physical pain.
  3. A sudden, brief, darting pain or pang
misery
A condition of great wretchedness or suffering because of pain, sorrow, poverty, etc.; distress
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  1. A condition of great wretchedness or suffering because of pain, sorrow, poverty, etc.; distress
  2. The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.
  3. A cause of such suffering; pain, sorrow, poverty, squalor, etc.
bite
The part of a tool or machine that presses against and maintains a firm hold on a working surface.
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  1. The part of a tool or machine that presses against and maintains a firm hold on a working surface.
  2. (Dentistry) The way the upper and lower teeth meet
  3. An edge or surface that grips
edge
Keenness, as of desire or enjoyment; zest:
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  1. Keenness, as of desire or enjoyment; zest:
  2. A margin of superiority; an advantage:
  3. A rim or brink:
sharpness
(Uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object
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  1. (Uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object
  2. (Countable) The product or result of being sharp.
  3. (Uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness
punch
A device or machine for making holes, cuts, etc.
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  1. A device or machine for making holes, cuts, etc.
  2. A tool driven against a nail, bolt, etc. that is to be worked in, or against a pin that is to be worked out
  3. A tool for forcing a pin, bolt, or rivet in or out of a hole.
wallop
(Informal, Dial.) A heavy, clumsy movement of the body
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  1. (Informal, Dial.) A heavy, clumsy movement of the body
  2. (Informal) A feeling of pleasurable excitement; thrill
  3. A powerful force:
kick
Fun:
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  1. Fun:
  2. (Slang) Power; force:
  3. One's turn at kicking
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  • I felt a sharp sting as the blade cut.

  • For the sting and ovipositor H.

  • They do not sting, but crawl away from danger.

  • The scorpion, whose sting is sometimes fatal, is common.

  • But flies of the drone-fly kind cannot sting, and, so far as is known, are perfectly innocuous and edible.

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