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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project]
2: be highly noticeable [syn: leap out, jump out, jump, stand out, stick out]
3: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 1567 intransitive verb 1. a. to jut out ; project b. to be prominent or conspicuous 2. to be persistent (as in a demand or an opinion) transitive verb endure, last — often used with it <stuck it out to the end>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you stick out part of your body, you extend it away from your body. She made a face and stuck out her tongue at him... He stuck his hand out and he said, 'Good evening.' to stick your neck out: see neck PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 2. If something sticks out, it is very noticeable because it is unusual. What had Cutter done to make him stick out from the crowd? = stand out to stick out a mile: see mile to stick out like a sore thumb: see thumb PHRASAL VERB: V P from n 3. If someone in an unpleasant or difficult situation sticks it out, they do not leave or give up. I really didn't like New York, but I wanted to stick it out a little bit longer. PHRASE: V inflects

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

Project, protrude, be prominent.

Moby Thesaurus

abide, aller sans dire, be conspicuous, be exposed, be manifest, be no secret, bear, bear up, beetle, bristle up, brook, cock up, come across, come up fighting, crop out, endure, extrude, glare, go, go without saying, hang in, hang in there, hang on, hang out, hang over, hang tough, have high visibility, hold fast, hold on, hold out, hold up, impend, impend over, jut, jut out, live through it, live with it, need no explanation, never say die, not give up, outstretch, overhang, poke, poke out, pouch, pout, project, project over, protrude, protuberate, push, sauter aux yeux, shoot out, shoot up, shout, speak for itself, stand, stand out, stand up, start up, stay it out, stay the distance, stay with it, stick, stick it, stick it out, stick to it, stick up, stick with it, stomach, strike the eye, support, take, thrust over, tolerate, tough it out, walk out