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Smart Feel Smarting Part Body Wound Sharp Stinging

query
If a part of your body or a wound s_____, you feel a sharp stinging pain in it.If a part of your body or a wound smarts, you feel a sharp stinging pain in it.
My eyes smarted from the smoke.
word smart
full-definition
adjective
Smart people and things are pleasantly neat and clean in appearance.
He was smart and well groomed but not good looking.
I was dressed in a smart navy blue suit.
...smart new offices.
He dressed very smartly which was important in those days.
...a smartly-painted door.
The jumper strikes the perfect balance between comfort and smartness.
You can describe someone who is clever as smart .
He thinks he's smarter than Sarah is.
Buying expensive furniture is not necessarily the smartest move to make.
A smart place or event is connected with wealthy and fashionable people.
...smart London dinner parties.
...a smart residential district.
Smart bombs and weapons are guided by computers and lasers so that they hit their targets accurately.
A smart device is able to do many of the things that a computer does, for example to connect to the internet and use software .
Wirelessly linked to an internet-connected smart TV, the phone becomes a remote control.
verb
If a part of your body or a wound smarts, you feel a sharp stinging pain in it.
My eyes smarted from the smoke.
If you are smarting from something such as criticism or failure, you feel upset about it.
Wilder is still smarting from a 3-0 defeat the last time the teams met.
He is still smarting over criticism of his victorious but clumsy performance.
inflections smartersmartestsmartssmartingsmartedsmartlysmartness
cefr-level B1

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