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stick
English
- 🔊 threat of a penalty“the policy so far is all stick and no carrot”
- 🔊 an implement consisting of a length of wood“he collected dry sticks for a campfire”
- 🔊 a long thin implement resembling a length of wood“cinnamon sticks”
- 🔊 a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- 🔊 a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- 🔊 a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- 🔊 a small thin branch of a tree
- 🔊 informal terms for the leg“fever left him weak on his sticks”
- 🔊 marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- 🔊 saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous“They stuck me with the dinner bill”
- 🔊 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”
- 🔊 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”
- 🔊 fasten with an adhesive material like glue“stick the poster onto the wall”
- 🔊 cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface“stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it”
- 🔊 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”
- 🔊 stay put (in a certain place)“We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati”
- 🔊 be a devoted follower or supporter“The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism”
- 🔊 be a mystery or bewildering to“This beats me!”
- 🔊 put, fix, force, or implant“lodge a bullet in the table”
- 🔊 be loyal to“She stood by her husband in times of trouble”
- 🔊 come or be in close contact with“The dress clings to her body”
- 🔊 stick to firmly“Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?”
Spanish
- 🔊 chirivisco stick
- 🔊 fuste stick
- 🔊 pegar to stick
- 🔊 pegotear to stick, paste
- 🔊 pegarse to stick, to cling, to adhere
- 🔊 pegar to stick, to become attached, to adhere