stick has definitions from the fields of arms,anatomy,zoology,botany
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[ noun ] implement consisting of a length of wood

Examples

"he collected dry sticks for a campfire" "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"

Used in print

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

Light sticks of fingers , the tips gummy with dark earth , patted at Watson 's throat .

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[ noun ] (botany) a small thin branch of a tree

Used in print

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Beyond that misty gray of the rain , he saw the stretching hutment , low diminutive log_cabins , chinked with mud , with doorways a man would have_to crouch to get through , with roofs of tenting laid_over boughs or boards from hardtack boxes , or fence_rails , with cranky chimneys of sticks and dried mud .

Related terms

limb tree_branch

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[ verb ] fix, force, or implant

Synonyms

deposit wedge lodge

Examples

"lodge a bullet in the table"

Used in print

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

He smiled and stuck a large finger with white hairs sprouting on_it into his ear as though that might help .

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

Instead of answering you , he sticks his head in the door and shouts up_the_stairs .

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[ noun ] a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane

Used in print

(Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)

Greg had the stick forward and the throttle up before he heard the two `` Rogers '' .

He hauled back on the stick and felt his cheeks sag .

Greg 's fingers closed on the stick trigger .

He pushed stick and rudder and entered the overcast on his back .

Sweat popped_out over him and he felt the slick between his palm and the stick grip .

Related terms

lever

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[ verb ] cause to protrude or as if to protrude

Synonyms

put_forward

Examples

"stick one's hand out of the window" "stick one's nose into other people's business"

Related terms

situate put

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[ verb ] stick to firmly

Examples

"Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"

Used in print

(Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)

The lieutenant 's sparse brown hair was heavily pomaded , and as Killpath raked the comb through it , it stuck together in thatches so that it looked_like umbrella ribs clinging to his pink skull .

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[ verb ] stay put (in a certain place)

Examples

"We are staying in Detroit we are not moving to Cincinnati" "Stay put in the corner here!" "Stick around and you will learn something!"

Used in print

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

Cousin_Joshua and some others felt that we should march toward Lexington and take_up new positions ahead of the slow-moving British column , but another group maintained that we should stick to this spot and this section of road .

(Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)

Hub , you stick by the stage_door .

Related terms

move stay_in_place arrest

8
[ verb ] be a mystery or bewildering to

Examples

"This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!" "a vexing problem" "This question really stuck me"

9
[ verb ] come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

Examples

"The dress clings to her body" "The label stuck to the box" "The sushi rice grains cohere"

10
[ verb ] saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

Synonyms

sting

Examples

"They stuck me with the dinner bill" "I was stung with a huge tax bill"

Related terms

force

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[ verb ] cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface

Examples

"stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"

Related terms

decorate

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[ verb ] pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed

Examples

"He stuck the needle into his finger"

Related terms

pierce dagger

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[ noun ] (arms) a short stout club used primarily by policemen

Related terms

club

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[ noun ] marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking

Related terms

cigarette jook cannabis

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[ verb ] be or become fixed

Examples

"The door sticks--we will have to plane it"

Related terms

be

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[ verb ] fasten with an adhesive material like glue

Examples

"stick the poster onto the wall"

Related terms

cling

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[ verb ] fasten with or as with pins or nails

Examples

"stick the photo onto the corkboard"

Related terms

fasten

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[ verb ] fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something

Examples

"stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"

Related terms

fasten

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[ verb ] pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument

Examples

"he stuck the cloth with the needle"

Related terms

pierce

20
[ verb ] be loyal to

Examples

"She stood by her husband in times of trouble" "The friends stuck together through the war"

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be

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[ verb ] endure

Examples

"The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"

Related terms

persist

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[ verb ] be a devoted follower or supporter

Synonyms

adhere

Examples

"The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism" "She sticks to her principles"

Related terms

adopt attachment

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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) informal terms of the leg

Synonyms

peg pin

Examples

"fever left him weak on his sticks"

Related terms

leg

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 29599
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[ noun ] threat of a penalty

Examples

: "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot"

Related terms

punishment

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