NETTLE Meaning of NETTLE in English nounADJECTIVE▪ stinging… OF NETTLES▪ clump , patchNETTLE + VERB▪ grow▪ sting▪I was stung by ~s. PREPOSITION▪ in ~s▪There was an old car half buried in the ~s. Oxford Collocations English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний . 2012