stick

I noun

1)

a fire made of sticks

Syn:

piece of wood, twig, small branch

2)

he walks with a stick

Syn:

walking stick, cane, staff, alpenstock, crook, crutch

3)

the plants need supporting on sticks

Syn:

cane, pole, post, stake, upright

4)

he beat me with a stick

Syn:

club, cudgel, bludgeon, shillelagh; truncheon, baton; cane, birch, switch, rod

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- the sticks

II verb

1)

he stuck his fork into the sausage

Syn:

thrust, push, insert, jab, poke, dig, plunge

2)

the bristles stuck into her skin

Syn:

pierce, penetrate, puncture, prick, stab

3)

the cup stuck to its saucer

Syn:

adhere, cling, be fixed, be glued

4)

stick the stamp there

Syn:

affix, attach, fasten, fix; paste, glue, gum, tape, Scotch-tape, pin, tack

5)

the wheels stuck in the mud

Syn:

become trapped, become jammed, jam, catch, become wedged, become lodged, become fixed, become embedded

6)

that sticks in his mind

Syn:

remain, stay, linger, dwell, persist, continue, last, endure, burn

7)

the charges won't stick

Syn:

be upheld, hold, be believed; informal hold water

8) informal

just stick that sandwich on my desk

Syn:

put (down), place, set (down), lay (down), deposit, position; leave, stow; informal dump, park, pop, plunk

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- stick at

- stick by

- stick it out

- stick out

- stick to

- stick up for