What is the meaning of stick?

noun

• An implement consisting of a length of wood.
  • usage: "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"
• A small thin branch of a tree.
• A lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane.
  • synonyms: control stick, joystick
• A rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine.
• Informal terms for the leg.
  • usage: "fever left him weak on his sticks"
  • synonyms: pin, peg
• A long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball.
• A long thin implement resembling a length of wood.
  • usage: "cinnamon sticks"; "a stick of dynamite"
• Marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking.
  • synonyms: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff
• Threat of a penalty.
  • usage: "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot"

verb

• Put, fix, force, or implant.
  • usage: "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"
  • synonyms: lodge, wedge, deposit
• Stay put (in a certain place. )
  • usage: "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here"; "Stick around and you will learn something"
  • synonyms: stay, stick around, stay put
• Stick to firmly.
  • usage: "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall"
  • synonyms: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick to
• Be or become fixed.
  • usage: "The door sticks-we will have to plane it"
• Endure.
  • usage: "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
• Be a devoted follower or supporter.
  • usage: "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
  • synonyms: adhere
• Be loyal to.
  • usage: "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
  • synonyms: stand by, stick by, adhere
• Cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface.
  • usage: "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
• Fasten with an adhesive material like glue.
  • usage: "stick the poster onto the wall"
• Fasten with or as with pins or nails.
  • usage: "stick the photo onto the corkboard"
• Fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something.
  • usage: "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
• Pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument.
  • usage: "he stuck the cloth with the needle"
• Pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed.
  • usage: "He stuck the needle into his finger"
• Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.
  • usage: "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
  • synonyms: cling, cleave, adhere, cohere
• Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous.
  • usage: "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
  • synonyms: sting
• Be a mystery or bewildering to.
  • usage: "This beats me"; "Got me-I don't know the answer"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
  • synonyms: perplex, vex, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound