1. (noun)lodge, wedge, stick, deposit put, fix, force, or implant "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"
2. (noun)stay, stick, stick around, stay put stay put (in a certain place)
"We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"
3. (noun)adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to stick to firmly
"Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
4. (noun)stick be or become fixed
"The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
5. (noun)stick endure
"The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
6. (noun)adhere, stick be a devoted follower or supporter "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
7. (noun)stand by, stick by, stick, adhere be loyal to
"She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
8. (noun)stick cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
"stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
9. (noun)stick fasten with an adhesive material likeglue "stick the poster onto the wall"
10. (noun)stick fasten with or as with pins or nails
"stick the photo onto the corkboard"
11. (noun)stick fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
"stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
13. (noun)stick pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
"He stuck the needle into his finger"
14. (noun)cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere come or be in closecontact with; stick or hold together and resist separation "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
15. (noun)stick, sting saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
"They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
16. (noun)perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
17. (verb)lodge, wedge, stick, deposit put, fix, force, or implant "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"
18. (verb)stay, stick, stick around, stay put stay put (in a certain place)
"We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"
19. (verb)adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to stick to firmly
"Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
20. (verb)stick be or become fixed
"The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
21. (verb)stick endure
"The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
22. (verb)adhere, stick be a devoted follower or supporter "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
23. (verb)stand by, stick by, stick, adhere be loyal to
"She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
24. (verb)stick cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
29. (verb)stick pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
"He stuck the needle into his finger"
30. (verb)cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere come or be in closecontact with; stick or hold together and resist separation "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
31. (verb)stick, sting saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
"They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
32. (verb)perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
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