"sticking" in the verb sense
1. lodge, wedge, stick, deposit
put, fix, force, or implant
"lodge a bullet in the table"
"stick your thumb in the crack"
2. stay, stick, stick around, stay put
stay put (in a certain place we are not moving to Cincinnati"
"We are staying in Detroit
"Stay put in the corner here!"
"Stick around and you will learn something!"
3. adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to
stick to firmly
"Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
4. stick
be or become fixed
"The door sticks
5. stick
endure
"The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
6. adhere, stick
be a devoted follower or supporter
"The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"
"She sticks to her principles"
7. stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
be loyal to
"She stood by her husband in times of trouble"
"The friends stuck together through the war"
8. stick
cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
"stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
9. stick
fasten with an adhesive material like glue
"stick the poster onto the wall"
10. stick
fasten with or as with pins or nails
"stick the photo onto the corkboard"
11. stick
fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
"stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
12. stick
pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
"he stuck the cloth with the needle"
13. stick
pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
"He stuck the needle into his finger"
14. cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
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"
15. stick, sting
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
"They stuck me with the dinner bill"
"I was stung with a huge tax bill"
16. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"
"Got me
"sticking" in the adjective sense
1. jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
"the jutting limb of a tree"
"massive projected buttresses"
"his protruding ribs"
"a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
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