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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STICK, n. [G. This word is connected with the verb to stick, with stock, stack, and other words having the like elements. The primary sense of the root is to thrust, to shoot, and to set.]
1. The small shoot or branch of a tree or shrub, cut off; a rod; also, a staff; as, to strike one with a stick.
2. Any stem of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber. It is applied in America to any long and slender piece of timber, round or square, from the smallest size to the largest, used in the frames of buildings; as a stick of timber for a post, a beam or a rafter.
3. Many instruments, long and slender, are called sticks; as the composing stick of printers.
4. A thrust with a pointed instrument that penetrates a body; a stab.
Stick of eels, the number of twenty five eels. A bind contains ten sticks.
STICK, v.t. pret. and pp. stuck. [G., to sting or prick, to stick, to adhere.]
1. To pierce; to stab; to cause to enter, as a pointed instrument; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast in slaughter. [A common use of the word.]
2. To thrust in; to fasten or cause to remain by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
3. To fasten; to attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a patch or plaster; to stick on a thing with paste or glue.
4. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
5. To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
6. To fix on a pointed instrument; as, to stick an apple on a fork.
STICK, v.i.
1. To adhere; to hold to by cleaving to the surface, as by tenacity or attraction; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall, and causes paper to stick.
I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales. Ezek 29.
2. To be united; to be inseparable; to cling fast to, as something reproachful.
If on your fame our sex a blot has thrown, twill ever stick, through malice of your own.
3. To rest with the memory; to abide.
4. To stop; to be impeded by adhesion or obstruction; as, the carriage sticks in the mire.
5. To stop; to be arrested in a course.
My faltering tongue sticks at the sound.
6. To stop; to hesitate. He sticks at no difficulty; he sticks at the commission of no crime; he sticks at nothing.
7. To adhere; to remain; to resist efforts to remove.
I had most need of blessing, and amen stuck in my throat.
8. To cause difficulties or scruples; to cause to hesitate.
This is the difficulty that sticks with the most reasonable--
9. To be stopped or hindered from proceeding; as, a bill passed the senate, but stuck in the house of representatives.
They never doubted the commons; but heard all stuck in the lords house.
10. To be embarrassed or puzzled.
They will stick long at part of a demonstration, for want of perceiving the connection between two ideals.
11. To adhere closely in friendship and affection.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Proverbs 18.
To stick to, to adhere closely; to be constant; to be firm; to be persevering; as, to stick to a party or cause.
The advantage will be on our side, if we stick to its essentials.
To stick by,
1. To adhere closely; to be constant; to be firm in supporting.
We are your only friends; stick by us, and we will stick by you.
2. To be troublesome by adhering.
I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.
To stick upon, to dwell upon; not to forsake.
If the matter be knotty, the mind must stop and buckle to it, and stick upon it with labor and thought. [Not elegant.]
To stick out, to project; to be prominent.
His bones that were not seen, stick out. Job 33.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"
2: a small thin branch of a tree
3: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane [syn: stick, control stick, joystick]
4: a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
5: informal terms for the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" [syn: pin, peg, stick]
6: a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
7: a long thin implement resembling a length of wood; "cinnamon sticks"; "a stick of dynamite"
8: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick, spliff]
9: threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" v
1: put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" [syn: lodge, wedge, stick, deposit] [ant: dislodge, free]
2: stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" [syn: stay, stick, stick around, stay put] [ant: move]
3: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" [syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to]
4: be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
5: endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
6: be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles" [syn: adhere, stick]
7: be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war" [syn: stand by, stick by, stick, adhere]
8: cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
9: fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall"
10: fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard"
11: fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
12: pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck the cloth with the needle"
13: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He stuck the needle into his finger"
14: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" [syn: cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere]
15: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" [syn: stick, sting]
16: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English stik, from Old English sticca; akin to Old Norse stik stick, Old English stician to stick Date: before 12th century 1. a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub: as a. a usually dry or dead severed shoot, twig, or slender branch b. a cut or broken branch or piece of wood gathered for fuel or construction material 2. a. a long slender piece of wood or metal: as (1) a club or staff used as a weapon (2) walking stick b. an implement used for striking or propelling an object in a game c. something used to force compliance d. a baton symbolizing an office or dignity; also a person entitled to bear such a baton 3. a piece of the materials composing something (as a building) 4. any of various implements resembling a stick in shape, origin, or use: as a. composing stick b. an airplane lever operating the elevators and ailerons c. the gearshift lever of an automobile 5. something prepared (as by cutting, molding, or rolling) in a relatively long and slender often cylindrical form <a stick of candy> <a stick of butter> 6. a. person, chap b. a dull, inert, stiff, or spiritless person 7. plural remote usually rural districts regarded especially as backward, dull, or unsophisticated ; boondocks 8. an herbaceous stalk resembling a woody stick <celery sticks> 9. mast I,1; also yard I,4 10. a piece of furniture 11. a. a number of bombs arranged for release from a bombing plane in a series across a target b. a number of parachutists dropping together 12. slang a marijuana cigarette 13. a. punishment or the threat of punishment used to force compliance or cooperation <choosing between the carrot and the stick> b. British criticism, abuse • sticklike adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1937 to hit or propel (as a hockey puck) with a stick III. verb (stuck; sticking) Etymology: Middle English stikken, from Old English stician; akin to Old High German sticken to prick, Latin instigare to urge on, goad, Greek stizein to tattoo Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to pierce with something pointed ; stab b. to kill by piercing 2. to push or thrust so as or as if to pierce 3. a. to fasten by thrusting in b. impale c. push, thrust 4. to put or set in a specified place or position 5. to furnish with things fastened on by or as if by piercing 6. to attach by or as if by causing to adhere to a surface 7. a. to compel to pay especially by trickery <got stuck with the bar bill> b. overcharge 8. a. to halt the movement or action of b. baffle, stump 9. a. cheat, defraud b. to saddle with something disadvantageous or disagreeable <is still stuck with that lousy car> 10. to execute (a landing) flawlessly in gymnastics intransitive verb 1. to hold to something firmly by or as if by adhesion: a. to become fixed in place by means of a pointed end b. to become fast by or as if by miring or by gluing or plastering <stuck in the mud> 2. a. to remain in a place, situation, or environment b. to hold fast or adhere resolutely ; cling <she stuck to her story> c. to remain effective d. to keep close in a chase or competition 3. to become blocked, wedged, or jammed 4. a. balk, scruple b. to find oneself baffled c. to be unable to proceed 5. project, protrude Synonyms: stick, adhere, cohere, cling, cleave mean to become closely attached. stick implies attachment by affixing or by being glued together <couldn't get the label to stick>. adhere is often interchangeable with stick but sometimes implies a growing together <antibodies adhering to a virus>. cohere suggests a sticking together of parts so that they form a unified mass <eggs will make the mixture cohere>. cling implies attachment by hanging on with arms or tendrils <clinging to a capsized boat>. cleave stresses strength of attachment <the wet shirt cleaved to his back>. IV. noun Date: 1633 1. a thrust with a pointed instrument ; stab 2. a. delay, stop b. impediment 3. adhesive quality or substance

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 a a short slender branch or length of wood broken or cut from a tree. b this trimmed for use as a support or weapon. 2 a thin rod or spike of wood etc. for a particular purpose (cocktail stick). 3 a an implement used to propel the ball in hockey or polo etc. b (in pl.) the raising of the stick above the shoulder in hockey. 4 a gear lever. 5 a conductor's baton. 6 a a slender piece of a thing, e.g. celery, dynamite, deodorant, etc. b a number of bombs or paratroops released rapidly from aircraft. 7 (often prec. by the) punishment, esp. by beating. 8 colloq. adverse criticism; censure, reproof (took a lot of stick). 9 colloq. a piece of wood as part of a house or furniture (a few sticks of furniture). 10 colloq. a person, esp. one who is dull or unsociable (a funny old stick). 11 (in pl.; prec. by the) colloq. remote rural areas. 12 (in pl.) Austral. sl. goalposts. 13 Naut. sl. a mast or spar. Phrases and idioms: stick insect any usu. wingless female insect of the family Phasmidae with a twiglike body. up sticks colloq. go to live elsewhere. Derivatives: stickless adj. sticklike adj. Etymology: OE sticca f. WG 2. v. (past and past part. stuck) 1 tr. (foll. by in, into, through) insert or thrust (a thing or its point) (stuck a finger in my eye; stick a pin through it). 2 tr. insert a pointed thing into; stab. 3 tr. & intr. (foll. by in, into, on, etc.) a fix or be fixed on a pointed thing. b fix or be fixed by or as by a pointed end. 4 tr. & intr. fix or become or remain fixed by or as by adhesive etc. (stick a label on it; the label won't stick). 5 intr. endure; make a continued impression (the scene stuck in my mind; the name stuck). 6 intr. lose or be deprived of the power of motion or action through adhesion or jamming or other impediment. 7 colloq. a tr. put in a specified position or place, esp. quickly or haphazardly (stick them down anywhere). b intr. remain in a place (stuck indoors). 8 colloq. a intr. (of an accusation etc.) be convincing or regarded as valid (could not make the charges stick). b tr. (foll. by on) place the blame for (a thing) on (a person). 9 tr. colloq. endure, tolerate (could not stick it any longer). 10 tr. (foll. by at) colloq. persevere with. Phrases and idioms: be stuck for be at a loss for or in need of. be stuck on colloq. be infatuated with. be stuck with colloq. be unable to get rid of or escape from; be permanently involved with. get stuck in (or into) sl. begin in earnest. stick around colloq. linger; remain at the same place. stick at it colloq. persevere. stick at nothing allow nothing, esp. no scruples, to deter one. stick by (or with or to) stay loyal or close to. stick 'em up! colloq. hands up! stick fast adhere or become firmly fixed or trapped in a position or place. stick in one's gizzard see GIZZARD. sticking-plaster an adhesive plaster for wounds etc. sticking-point the limit of progress, agreement, etc. stick-in-the-mud colloq. an unprogressive or old-fashioned person. stick in one's throat be against one's principles. stick it on sl. 1 make high charges. 2 tell an exaggerated story. stick it out colloq. put up with or persevere with a burden etc. to the end. stick one's neck (or chin) out expose oneself to censure etc. by acting or speaking boldly. stick out protrude or cause to protrude or project (stuck his tongue out; stick out your chest). stick out for persist in demanding. stick out a mile (or like a sore thumb) colloq. be very obvious or incongruous. stick pigs engage in pigsticking. stick to 1 remain close to or fixed on or to. 2 remain faithful to. 3 keep to (a subject etc.) (stick to the point). stick to a person's fingers colloq. (of money) be embezzled by a person. stick together colloq. remain united or mutually loyal. stick to one's guns see GUN. stick to it persevere. stick to one's last see LAST(3). stick up 1 be or make erect or protruding upwards. 2 fasten to an upright surface. 3 colloq. rob or threaten with a gun. stick-up n. colloq. an armed robbery. stick up for support or defend or champion (a person or cause). stick up to be assertive in the face of; offer resistance to. stick with colloq. remain in touch with or faithful to. stuck-up colloq. affectedly superior and aloof, snobbish. Derivatives: stickability n. Etymology: OE stician f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stick Stick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stuck(Obs. Sticked); p. pr. & vb. n. Sticking.] [OE. stikien, v.t. & i., combined with steken, whence E. stuck), AS. stician, v.t. & i., and (assumed) stecan, v.t.; akin to OFries. steka, OS. stekan, OHG. stehhan, G. stechen, and to Gr. ? to prick, Skr. tij to be sharp. Cf. Distinguish, Etiquette, Extinct, Instigate, Instinct, Prestige, Stake, Steak, Stick, n., Stigma, Stimulate, Sting, Stitch in sewing, Style for or in writing.] 1. To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast. And sticked him with bodkins anon. --Chaucer. It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger. Thou stickest a dagger in me. --Shak. 3. To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew. --Shak. The points of spears are stuck within the shield. --Dryden. 4. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth. 5. To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards. 6. To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork. 7. To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner. 8. (Print.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type. [Cant] 9. (Joinery) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck. 10. To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.] 11. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat. [Slang] To stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render prominent.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stick Stick, n. [OE. sticke, AS. sticca; akin to stician to stab, prick, pierce, G. stecken a stick, staff, OHG. steccho, Icel. stik a stick. See Stick, v. t..] 1. A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber. Withered sticks to gather, which might serve Against a winter's day. --Milton. 2. Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick. 3. Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax. 4. A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick. [Colloq.] 5. (Print.) A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used. 6. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. A stick of eels, twenty-five eels. [Prov. Eng.] Stick chimney, a chimney made of sticks laid crosswise, and cemented with clay or mud, as in some log houses. [U.S.] Stick insect, (Zo["o]l.), any one of various species of wingless orthopterous insects of the family Phasmid[ae], which have a long round body, resembling a stick in form and color, and long legs, which are often held rigidly in such positions as to make them resemble small twigs. They thus imitate the branches and twigs of the trees on which they live. The common American species is Diapheromera femorata. Some of the Asiatic species are more than a foot long. To cut one's stick, or To cut stick, to run away. [Slang] --De Quincey.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stick Stick, v. i. 1. To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall. The green caterpillar breedeth in the inward parts of roses not blown, where the dew sticketh. --Bacon. 2. To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely. A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. --Prov. xviii. 24. I am a kind of bur; I shall stick. --Shak. If on your fame our sex a bolt has thrown, 'T will ever stick through malice of your own. --Young. 3. To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed. I had most need of blessing, and ``Amen'' Stuck in my throat. --Shak. The trembling weapon passed Through nine bull hides, . . . and stuck within the last. --Dryden. 4. To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at. They will stick long at part of a demonstration for want of perceiving the connection of two ideas. --Locke. Some stick not to say, that the parson and attorney forged a will. --Arbuthnot. 5. To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation. This is the difficulty that sticks with the most reasonable. --Swift. To stick by. (a) To adhere closely to; to be firm in supporting. ``We are your only friends; stick by us, and we will stick by you.'' --Davenant. (b) To be troublesome by adhering. ``I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.'' --Pope. To stick out. (a) To project; to be prominent. ``His bones that were not seen stick out.'' --Job xxxiii. 21. (b) To persevere in a purpose; to hold out; as, the garrison stuck out until relieved. [Colloq.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

I. NOUN USES (sticks) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A stick is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree. ...people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood. N-COUNT 2. A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for supporting someone's weight or for hitting people or animals. He looks old and walks with a stick... Crowds armed with sticks and stones took to the streets. N-COUNT see also carrot and stick 3. A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for a particular purpose. ...kebab sticks. ...lolly sticks. ...drum sticks. N-COUNT: usu n N 4. Some long thin objects that are used in sports are called sticks. ...lacrosse sticks. ...hockey sticks. ...ski-sticks. N-COUNT: usu n N 5. A stick of something is a long thin piece of it. ...a stick of celery. ...cinnamon sticks. N-COUNT: usu N of n, n N 6. If you give someone some stick, you criticize them or tease them roughly. (BRIT INFORMAL) It's not motorists who give you the most stick, it's the general public... I get some stick from the lads because of my faith but I don't mind. N-UNCOUNT 7. If you say that someone lives in the sticks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities. (INFORMAL) He lived out in the sticks somewhere. N-PLURAL: the N [disapproval] 8. If someone gets the wrong end of the stick or gets hold of the wrong end of the stick, they do not understand something correctly and get the wrong idea about it. (INFORMAL) PHRASE: V inflects II. VERB USES (sticks, sticking, stuck) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Please look at category 9 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. If you stick something somewhere, you put it there in a rather casual way. (INFORMAL) He folded the papers and stuck them in his desk drawer... Jack opened his door and stuck his head out. VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv 2. If you stick a pointed object in something, or if it sticks in something, it goes into it or through it by making a cut or hole. Some punk stuck a knife in her last night... The soldiers went at once to the mound and began to stick their bayonets through it... The knife stuck in the ground at his feet. VERB: V n in/into/through n, V n in/into/through n, V in n 3. If something is sticking out from a surface or object, it extends up or away from it. If something is sticking into a surface or object, it is partly in it. They lay where they had fallen from the crane, sticking out of the water... His hair sticks up in half a dozen directions. ...when we see her with lots of tubes and needles sticking into her little body. VERB: V adv/prep, V adv/prep, V adv/prep 4. If you stick one thing to another, you attach it using glue, sticky tape, or another sticky substance. We just stuck it to the window... He has nowhere to stick up his posters... Stick down any loose bits of flooring. VERB: V n prep, V n with adv, V n with adv 5. If one thing sticks to another, it becomes attached to it and is difficult to remove. Peel away the waxed paper if it has stuck to the bottom of the cake... If left to stand, cooked pasta sticks together. VERB: V to n, V together 6. If something sticks in your mind, you remember it for a long time. The incident stuck in my mind because it was the first example I had seen of racism in that country... VERB: V in n 7. If something which can usually be moved sticks, it becomes fixed in one position. The needle on the dial went right round to fifty feet, which was as far as it could go, and there it stuck... VERB: V 8. see also stuck 9. to stick in your throat: see throat

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Rod, switch, birch. 2. Club, bludgeon, cudgel, shillelah, bat. 3. Cane, staff, walking-stick. 4. Piece of timber. 5. Stab, thrust, prick. 6. (In printing.) Composing-stick. II. v. a. 1. Pierce, penetrate, transfix, stab, spear, gore. 2. Kill, stab. 3. Insert, thrust, infix. 4. Attach, paste, glue, cement. 5. Fix (on something pointed). 6. Set, fix in. III. v. n. 1. Adhere, cleave, cling, hold, stay fixed. 2. Abide, remain, stop, stay, hold fast, be infixed, cling. 3. Stop. 4. Hesitate, waver, doubt, scruple, stickle, be embarrassed, be puzzled.

Moby Thesaurus

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