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- pronunciation:
- stIk
- phrases:
- stick up
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
sticks, sticking, stuck |
| definition 1: |
When you stick something, you break into it with a sharp or pointed object. When you stick a potato with a fork, you break into the potato with the fork.
When you're first learning to sew, it's easy to stick your finger with a needle.- synonyms:
- pierce, stab
- similar words:
- penetrate, poke, prick
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| definition 2: |
When you stick something in place, you push the pointed end of it into something.
Tina stuck some tacks in the bulletin board.- synonyms:
- poke, push, thrust
- similar words:
- drive, hammer, insert, post, staple, tap
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| definition 3: |
When you stick something onto another thing, you use glue or something like glue to make the two things hold together.
Jermaine's mom wrote his name on a label and stuck it on his lunch box.When the plate broke, my dad stuck the pieces together with very strong glue.- synonyms:
- attach, fasten
- similar words:
- bind, clasp, connect, glue, join, paste, post, seal, tape
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| definition 4: |
When you stick something into a drawer, you put it into a drawer quickly or without thinking much about it. When you stick something somewhere, you often do it when you are in a hurry.
Give me your coat. I'll stick it in the closet.Where did I stick my pen? Oh, it's in my pocket.- synonyms:
- lay, place, set
- similar words:
- drop, position, put
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| definition 5: |
When something sticks out, it doesn't lie flat with other things, or it doesn't stay inside something. Some people's ears lie close to their head, but some people's ears stick out. When a dog opens its mouth, usually its tongue sticks out.
Robert's brother is so tall that his feet always stick out at the end of the bed.- synonyms:
- project
- similar words:
- extend, poke, swell
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| definition 6: |
When something sticks, it means that it becomes attached to something. When a feather sticks to your shirt, it becomes attached to your shirt.
Kiana likes when her dog sleeps on her bed, but her mom doesn't like that his hairs stick to her blanket.Leaves and grass stuck to Jason's clothes after he rolled down the hill.- similar words:
- cling, hold
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| definition 7: |
When something sticks, it stays somewhere a long time. When something sticks in your mind, it stays there. You don't forget it.
Amber tried to remember what the man at the store said, but his words didn't stick in her mind.- synonyms:
- persist
- similar words:
- catch, set, stay
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| definition 8: |
When you stick to something, you don't change it. If you stick to your plan, you do the things you planned without changing anything.
You can never change my sister's mind about anything. She always sticks to her opinion. |
| definition 9: |
When something sticks somewhere, it can't be moved.
The car's wheels stuck in the mud, and someone had to come in a truck to pull the car out.- similar words:
- cling, fasten, hold, stall
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| related words: |
feed, jam, persist, secure, tuck |
| phrase: |
stick up |
| derivations: |
stickable (adj.), stickability (n.) |
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