Stick

noun 1: implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"

2: a small thin branch of a tree

3: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane [syn: control stick, joystick]

4: informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" [syn: pin, peg]

5: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff]

6: threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot"

verb 1: fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" [syn: lodge, wedge, deposit] [ant: dislodge]

2: 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!" [syn: stay, stick around, stay put] [ant: move]

3: cause to protrude or as if to protrude; "stick one's hand out of the window"; "stick one's nose into other people's business" [syn: put forward]

4: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" [syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick to]

5: be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it"

6: endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"

7: be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles" [syn: adhere]

8: be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war" [syn: stand by, stick by, adhere]

9: cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"

10: fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall"

11: fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard"

12: fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"

13: pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck the cloth with the needle"

14: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He stuck the needle into his finger"

15: come or be in close contact 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" [syn: cling, cleave, adhere, cohere]

16: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" [syn: sting]

17: 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" [syn: perplex, vex, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
[also: stuck]

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