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Adjective: sticking stiking- Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
"a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck" - jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking out Verb: stick (stuck) stik- Put, fix, force, or implant
"stick your thumb in the crack" - lodge, wedge, deposit - Stay put (in a certain place)
"Stick around and you will learn something!" - stay, stick around, stay put - Stick to firmly
- adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick to - Be or become fixed
"The door sticks--we will have to plane it" - Endure
"The label stuck to her for the rest of her life" - Be a devoted follower or supporter
"She sticks to her principles" - adhere - Be loyal to
"The friends stuck together through the war" - stand by, stick by, adhere - Cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
"stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it" - Fasten with an adhesive material like glue
"stick the poster onto the wall" - Fasten with or as with pins or nails
"stick the photo onto the corkboard" - Fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
"stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" - Pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
"he stuck the cloth with the needle" - Pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
"He stuck the needle into his finger" - Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
"The label stuck to the box" - cling, cleave, adhere, cohere - Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
"They stuck me with the dinner bill" - sting - Be a mystery or bewildering to
"This question really stuck me" - perplex, vex, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
See also: protrusive, stick out, sticker Type of: adjoin, adopt, adorn, attach, be, beautify, bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, contact, decorate, discombobulate, embellish, espouse, fasten, fix, follow, force, fox, fuddle, grace, meet, ornament, persist, pierce, remain, secure, stay, stay in place, throw, thrust, touch Encyclopedia: Stick Sticking |