| NOUN | plant | prickle, spine, thorn, pricker, sticker, spikelet | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | perception | prickle, prick | cause a prickling sensation |
| perception | prickle, tingle | cause a stinging or tingling sensation | |
| contact | prickle, prick | make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn |
| Meaning | A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf. | |
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| Synonyms | spine, thorn, pricker, sticker, spikelet | |
| Narrower | glochidium, glochid | A barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti) |
| Broader | aculeus | A stiff sharp-pointed plant process |
| Spanish | aguijón, espina | |
| Catalan | espina | |
| Adjectives | prickly | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
| Meaning | Cause a prickling sensation. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Synonym | prick | |
| Broader | prick, sting, twinge | Cause a stinging pain |
| Spanish | pinchar | |
| Catalan | punxar-se | |
| Nouns | prickling | a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles |
| Meaning | Cause a stinging or tingling sensation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Synonym | tingle | |
| Broader | itch | Have or perceive an itch |
| Spanish | zumbar | |
| Catalan | bonir, brunzir | |
| Nouns | prickling | a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles |
| Meaning | make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | prick | |
| Entailed by | tattoo | stain (skin) with indelible color |
| Narrower | needle | prick with a needle |
| Broader | pierce | make a hole into |
| Spanish | picar, punchar, punzar | |
| Catalan | picar, punxar-se, punxar, punyir | |
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