verb
- Put, fix, force, or implant.
- usage: "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"
- 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, stick around, stay put
- Stick to firmly.
- usage: "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall"
- Be or become fixed.
- usage: "The door sticks-we will have to plane it"
- synonyms: stick
- Endure.
- usage: "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
- synonyms: stick
- Be a devoted follower or supporter.
- usage: "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
- Be loyal to.
- usage: "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
- Cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface.
- usage: "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
- synonyms: stick
- Fasten with an adhesive material like glue.
- usage: "stick the poster onto the wall"
- synonyms: stick
- Fasten with or as with pins or nails.
- usage: "stick the photo onto the corkboard"
- synonyms: stick
- Fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something.
- usage: "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
- synonyms: stick
- Pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument.
- usage: "he stuck the cloth with the needle"
- synonyms: stick
- Pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed.
- usage: "He stuck the needle into his finger"
- synonyms: stick
- 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"
- Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous.
- usage: "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
- 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"
adjective
- Caught or fixed.
- usage: "stuck in the mud"
- Baffled.
- usage: "this problem has me completely stuck"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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