stick

An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.

(countable, uncountable)Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.

Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick.

Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.

A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.

(sports) A stick-like item:

(sports, uncountable) Ability; specifically:

(countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.)

Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.

A measure.

(countable, uncountable)(computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.

(uncountable)The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.

(uncountable)That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).

(carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.

(dated, slang, transitive)(transitive, printing, slang, dated) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.

to stick type

(transitive)To furnish or set with sticks.

To hit with a stick.

(intransitive)To become or remain attached; to adhere.

The tape will not stick if it melts.

Đồng nghĩa: cleave, cling, adhere, attach, bond, cleave, cling, cohere, conglutinate, glue, hug, stick, stick together, stick with

(intransitive)To jam; to stop moving.

The lever sticks if you push it too far up.

Đồng nghĩa: jam, stall, anchor, astand, blin, brake, cease, desist, draw up, grind to a halt, halt, hold, immobilize, leave off, rest, stall, stay, stint, stop, swike

(transitive)To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.

Đồng nghĩa: live with, put up with, abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, live with, pass, pocket, pouch, put up with, stand, stick, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, take sitting down, thole, tolerate, undergang, undergo

(intransitive)To persist.

His old nickname stuck.

Đồng nghĩa: abide, carry on, abide, astand, bear up, carry on, continue, endure, follow up, hang in there, hold on, hold out, hold the line, hold up, keep a stiff upper lip, keep trying, keep up, persevere, persist, plod, plug, plug away, resist, soldier on, stay, stay the course, stay the distance, stick it out, stick to, stick by one's guns, stick to one's guns, stick with, stick with it

(intransitive)Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.

Đồng nghĩa: pitch, settle

(intransitive)To remain loyal; to remain firm.

Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.

Đồng nghĩa: stand by, stick by

(dated, intransitive)To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).

, 2nd edition edited by Samuel Johnson, London: J. Payne, 1756, Part I, p. 12, Though a cup of cold water from some hand may not be without its reward, yet stick not thou for wine and oil for the wounds of the distressed […]

The First-fruits were a common Oblation to their Deities; but the chief Part of their Worship consisted in sacrificiing Animals : And this they did out of a real Persuasion, that their Gods were pleased with their Blood, and were nourished with the Smoke, and Nidor of them; and therefore the more costly, they thought them the more acceptable, for which Reason, they stuck not sometimes to regale them with human Sacrifices.

Đồng nghĩa: falter, waver, boggle, wobble, deliberate, demur, halt, waffle, dither, falter, hesitate, hover, mammer, scruple, stand shilly-shally, stick, swither, waver

(dated, intransitive)To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.

Đồng nghĩa: puzzle

(informal)Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.

A non-stick pan. A stick plaster.

A sticker type of glue. The stickest kind of gum.