Definition
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come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" |
stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" |
pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He stuck the needle into his finger" |
pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck the cloth with the needle" |
put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" |
fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" |
fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard" |
threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" |
fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall" |
marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
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stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" |
be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war" |
be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles" |
endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life" |
be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it" |
an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick" |
be a mystery or bewildering to; |
a long thin implement resembling a length of wood; "cinnamon sticks"; "a stick of dynamite" |
saddle |
informal terms for the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" |
a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine |
a small thin branch of a tree |
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" |
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fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the s |