STICK


Meaning of STICK in English

I

n.

1) a hiking; hockey; pointed; walking ~

2) a celery ~

3) a composing ~ ('device for typesetting')

4) a swagger ~ (carried by a military officer)

5) ( misc. ) to carry a big ~ ('to threaten to use force to settle a dispute')

II

v.

1) ('to remain fixed') to ~ fast (the car is stuck fast in the mud)

2) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ by ('to be loyal to') (to ~ by one's friends)

3) ( d ; tr. ) ('to thrust') to ~ into (to ~ a needle into a cushion; to ~ one's hands into one's pockets)

4) ( d ; tr. ) ('to fasten, paste') to ~ on (to ~ a stamp on an envelope)

5) ( d ; tr. ) ('to thrust') to ~ through (she stuck her head through the window)

6) ( d ; intr. ) ('to adhere') to ~ to (the stamp didn't ~ to the envelope)

7) ( d ; intr. ) ('to limit oneself') to ~ to (to ~ to the subject)

8) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ to ('to be loyal to') (to ~ to one's principles)

9) ( d ; intr. ) ('to remain') to ~ with (~ with me, and you will not get lost)

10) ( misc. ) to ~ in one's throat ('to be hard to say'); ('to be a source of irritation')

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.