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noun • a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung • a mental pain or distress • a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin • a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property • operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act verb • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort • deliver a sting to • saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous • cause a stinging pain • cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | ||||||||
| 37% | 4 | Baskets formerly used for winnowing grain; handheld, often concertina-like devices, for creating currents of air; things resembling the latter, such as peacocks’ spread tails; or, ardent admirers/devotees | ||||||
noun • a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces • an enthusiastic devotee of sports • an ardent follower and admirer verb • strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) • make (an emotion) fiercer • agitate the air • blow away or off with a current of air | ||||||||
| 33% | 14 | They have erect or semi-erect stems | ||||||
noun • tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit | ||||||||
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