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Definitions of stick:

noun: threat of a penalty
Example: "The policy so far is all stick and no carrot"
noun: implement consisting of a length of wood
Example: "He collected dry sticks for a campfire"
noun: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
noun: a small thin branch of a tree
noun: informal terms of the leg
Example: "Fever left him weak on his sticks"
noun: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
verb: endure
verb: be or become fixed
Example: "The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
verb: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
verb: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
verb: pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
verb: cause to protrude or as if to protrude
Example: "Stick one's hand out of the window"
verb: fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
Example: "Stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
verb: fasten with or as with pins or nails
Example: "Stick the photo onto the corkboard"
verb: fasten with an adhesive material like glue
Example: "Stick the poster onto the wall"
verb: cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
Example: "Stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
verb: be a devoted follower or supporter
Example: "She sticks to her principles"
verb: stay put (in a certain place)
Example: "Stick around and you will learn something!"
verb: be loyal to
verb: be a mystery or bewildering to
verb: fix, force, or implant
verb: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
verb: stick to firmly
name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #29599)

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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to stick: (180 results)
Synonyms:
adhere, billy, billystick, bind, bond, cling, cohere, control stick, deposit, hold fast, joint, joystick, lodge, marijuana cigarette, nightstick, peg, pin, put forward, reefer, stay, stay put, stick around, stick to, sting, truncheon, wedge

More general:
attach, butt, cigaret, cigarette, club, coffin nail, fag, fasten, fix, force, implement, lay, leg, lever, penalization, penalty, pierce, place, pose, position, punishment, put, secure, set, stay in place, thrust, tree branch

More specific:
agglutinate, bow, conglutinate, diving rod, dowser, drumstick, mahlstick, matchstick, maulstick, singlestick, spindle, staff, swizzle stick, walking stick, water finder, waterfinder

Often used in the same context:
balls, bat, broomstick, candle, check, clit, electric, ick, limerick, lipstick, rod, sticks, sticky, trail, twig

Appears in the definition of:
., alfilaria, alfileria, all-day sucker, backsword, baguet, baguette, beggar lice, beggar's lice, bend, big stick, breadstick, bread-stick, bulk, cane, carrot, carrot stick, catapult, charcoal, chorionic villus, chunky, cleave, clocks, come out, cradle, crayon, crosscheck, deodorize, diapheromera, diapheromera femorata, diet, divining rod, dowsing rod, erodium cicutarium, family phasmatidae, family phasmidae, fencing stick, ferule, filaree, filaria, flail, fusain, goad, gum up, hockey stick, ice lolly, joss stick, knobbed, lac dye, lathee, lathi, linstock, lollipop, lolly, lumpy, menace, order phasmatodea, order phasmida, pencil, phasmatidae, phasmatodea, phasmida, phasmidae, pin clover, pin grass, plumber's helper, plunger, poke check, popsicle, post-it, redstem storksbill, rock, rock candy, rule, ruler, safety pin, seed lac, shooting stick, size stick, slapshot, sling, slingshot, softly, stick horse, stick-on, stob, sucker, supplejack, swagger stick, taper, uphold, wax crayon, wax light

Antonyms:
dislodge, free, move

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