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stick
(stĭk)n.
1. A long slender piece of wood, especially:
a. A branch or stem that has fallen or been cut from a tree or shrub.
b. A piece of wood, such as a tree branch, that is used for fuel, cut for lumber, or shaped for a specific purpose.
c. A wand, staff, baton, or rod.
2. Sports A long thin implement with a blade or net on the end used to propel and control a puck or ball in hockey or lacrosse.
3. A walking stick; a cane.
4. Something that is long and thin: a stick of dynamite; a stick of gum.
5. Slang A marijuana cigarette.
6.
a. The control device of an aircraft that operates the elevators and ailerons.
b. Informal A stick shift.
7. Nautical A mast or a part of a mast.
8.
a. A group of bombs released to fall across an enemy target in a straight row.
b. Slang A group of paratroopers exiting an aircraft in succession.
9. A timber tree.
10. Informal A piece of furniture.
11. A poke, thrust, or stab with a stick or similar object: a stick in the ribs.
12. A threatened penalty: using both a carrot and a stick to keep allies in line.
13. The condition or power of adhering: a glue with plenty of stick.
14. sticks Informal
a. A remote area; backwoods: moved to the sticks.
b. A city or town regarded as dull or unsophisticated.
15. Informal A person regarded as stiff, boring, or spiritless.
16. Obsolete A difficulty or obstacle; a delay.
v. stuck (stŭk), stick·ing, sticks
v.tr.
1.
a. To pierce, puncture, or penetrate with a pointed instrument: stick a fingertip with a pin.
b. To kill by piercing: stick a pig.
2.
a. To thrust or push (a pointed instrument) into or through another object: stuck a fork into the turkey.
b. To jab or poke (a pointed or narrow instrument) into or against: The robber stuck a pistol in my ribs.
c. To place or position by pushing or thrusting: stick candles on the cake; stick a flower through a buttonhole.
3.
a. To fix, impale, or transfix on a pointed object: stick an olive on a toothpick.
b. To cover or decorate with objects piercing the surface: stick a map with pins.
4.
a. To fasten into place by forcing an end or point into something: stick a tack on the wall.
b. To fasten or attach with pins, nails, or similar devices: stuck the announcement on the bulletin board.
c. To fasten or attach with an adhesive material, such as glue or tape.
5. Sports To execute (a landing or dismount) in gymnastics so that the feet do not move after they hit the ground.
6. To detain or delay: We were stuck at the airport overnight.
7. Informal To confuse, baffle, or puzzle: I started doing the math problems, but I got stuck.
8. past tense and past participle sticked (stĭkt) To prop (a plant) with sticks or brush on which to grow.
9. past tense and past participle sticked Printing To set (type) in a composing stick.
10. To cover or smear with something sticky.
11. Informal To put blame or responsibility on; burden: stuck me with the bill.
12. Slang To defraud or cheat: The dealer stuck me with shoddy merchandise.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. To be or become fixed or embedded in place by having the point thrust in: The spear stuck in the shield.
2. To become or remain attached or in close association; cling: stick together in a crowd.
3.
a. To remain firm, determined, or resolute: stuck to basic principles.
b. To remain loyal or faithful: stuck by her through hard times.
c. To persist or endure: a bad name that has stuck.
4. To scruple or hesitate: She sticks at nothing—no matter how difficult.
5. To become fixed, blocked, checked, or obstructed: The drawer stuck and would not open.
6. To project or protrude: hair sticking out on his head.
7. Sports To throw a jab in boxing.
stick around Informal
To remain; linger.
stick out
1. To be prominent or noticeable.
2. Informal To continue in or endure: stick out a bad situation.
stick up
Idioms: To rob, especially at gunpoint.
be stuck on Informal
To be very fond of.
stick it to Slang
To treat severely or wrongfully.
stick (one's) neck out Informal
To make oneself vulnerable; take a risk.
stick to/by one's guns
To hold fast to an opinion or a set course of action.
stick to (one's) knitting Informal
To mind one's own business.
stick to (one's) ribs Informal
To be substantial or filling. Used of food.
stick up for
To defend or support.
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stick out
vb (adverb)
1. to project or cause to project
2. (tr) informal to endure (something disagreeable) (esp in the phrase stick it out)
3. stick out a mile stick out like a sore thumb informal to be extremely obvious
4. stick out for (intr) to insist on (a demand), refusing to yield until it is met: the unions stuck out for a ten per cent wage rise.
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| Verb | 1. | stick out - extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" overhang - project over push up, thrust - push upward; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" cantilever - project as a cantilever |
| 2. | stick out - be highly noticeable | |
| 3. |  stick out - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"live with, swallow, accept - tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" hold still for, stand for - tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!" bear up - endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain" take lying down - suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively; "I won't take this insult lying down" take a joke - listen to a joke at one's own expense; "Can't you take a joke?" sit out - endure to the end pay - bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" suffer - experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" |
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stick
noun1. A fairly long straight piece of solid material used especially as a support in walking:
5. Informal. To make incapable of finding something to think, do, or say:
Slang: beat.
Idiom: put someone at a loss.
stick around
phrasal verb
stick out
1. To curve outward past the normal or usual limit:
2. To be obtrusively conspicuous:
Idioms: stare someone in the face, stick out like a sore thumb.
stick up
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Translations
يَبْرُزيُبْرِزُيَمُدُّ لِسانَه
být nápadnývyčuchatvyčuhovatvystrčit
stikke frem
työntyä esiin
stršati
skaga fram; stinga útvera áberandi
突き出す
두드러지다
byť nápadnývyplaziťvytŕčať
sticka ut
ยื่นออกมา
thò ra
w>stick out
vi → vorstehen (of aus); (ears, hair) → abstehen; (fig: = be noticeable) → auffallen; his head was sticking out of the turret → sein Kopf sah aus dem Turm vor
vt sep
(= not give up) → durchhalten; I decided to stick it out a bit longer → ich beschloss, noch ein bisschen länger durchzuhalten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
stick1
(stik) – past tense, past participle stuck (stak) – verb1. to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something. She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!
2. (of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something. Two arrows were sticking in his back.
3. to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc). He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.
4. to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress. The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.
ˈsticker noun an adhesive label or sign bearing eg a design, political message etc, for sticking eg on a car's window etc. The car sticker read `Blood donors needed'.
ˈsticky adjective1. able, or likely, to stick or adhere to other surfaces. He mended the torn book with sticky tape; sticky sweets.
2. (of a situation or person) difficult; awkward.
ˈstickily adverbˈstickiness noun
sticking-plasterplasterˈstick-in-the-mud noun
a person who never does anything new.
come to a sticky end to have an unpleasant fate or death.
stick at to persevere with (work etc). He must learn to stick at his job.
stick by to support or be loyal to (a person). His friends stuck by him when he was in trouble.
stick it out to endure a situation for as long as necessary.
stick out1. to (cause to) project; His front teeth stick out; He stuck out his tongue.
2. to be noticeable. She has red hair that sticks out in a crowd.
stick one's neck out to take a risk.
stick to/with not to abandon. We've decided to stick to our previous plan; If you stick to me, I'll stick to you.
stick together1. to (cause to) be fastened together. We'll stick the pieces together; The rice is sticking together.
2. (of friends etc) to remain loyal to each other. They've stuck together all these years.
stick up for to speak in defence of (a person etc). When my father is angry with me, my mother always sticks up for me.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
stick out
→ يُبْرِزُ vyčuhovat stikke frem herausstrecken εξέχω resaltar, sobresalir työntyä esiin ressortir stršati sporgere 突き出す 두드러지다 uitsteken stikke seg ut wysunąć estar saliente, sobressair торчать sticka ut ยื่นออกมา çıkarmak thò ra 伸出来Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009