STICK


Meaning of STICK in English

I. noun

1.

Synonyms: bar 1, billet, ingot, rod, slab, strip

2.

Synonyms: decoy 2, blind, ||bonnet, ||booster, shill, shillaber

3.

sticks plural used with the

Synonyms: frontier 2, backcountry, backland, backwash, backwater, backwoods, ||boondocks, ||boonies, bush, hinterland

Idioms: the middle of nowhere

II. adverb

Synonyms: all 1, altogether, exactly, in toto, just, purely, quite, totally, utterly, wholly

III. verb

1.

Synonyms: thrust 2, dig, drive, plunge, ram, run, sink, stab

2.

to become or cause to become closely and firmly attached

papers all stuck together

Synonyms: adhere, cleave, cling, cohere

Related Word: affix, attach, fasten, fix; glue; cement; fuse, weld; braze, solder

Idioms: stick close, stick like a wet shirt, stick like the paper on the wall, stick like wax, stick to like a barnacle ( or leech)

Contrasted words: loosen; detach, disengage

Antonyms: unstick

3.

Synonyms: set 1, establish, fix, lay, place, put, settle

4.

Synonyms: nonplus 1, beat, buffalo, get, stump

5.

Synonyms: fleece 1, bleed, milk, mulct, rook, sweat

6.

Synonyms: overcharge 1, clip, fleece, skin, soak

|| 7.

Synonyms: bear 10, abide, brook, endure, go, lump, stand, stomach, suffer, support

8.

Synonyms: demur , balk, boggle, gag, jib, scruple, shy, stickle, strain, stumble

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