sticking: words & expression meanings, synonyms, definition, antonyms, examples of usage, similar terms from the free dictionary www.dictometer.com/sticking

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Verb
Adjective
Adverb

STICKING

(stick, sticking, bastón, palo, pegar, pegajoso, kjepp, kølle, lim, stang, stav, stokk, klebrig)

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16 senses for stick as a Verb:

Synonyms:
- Lodge
- Wedge
- Stick
- Deposit
Definitions:
- put, fix, force, or implant
Examples:
- Lodge a bullet in the table
- Stick your thumb in the crack
Synonyms:
- Stay
- Stick
- Stick around
- Stay put
Definitions:
- stay put (in a certain place)
Examples:
- We are staying in Detroit
- We are not moving to Cincinnati
- Stay put in the corner here!
- Stick around and you will learn something!
Synonyms:
- Adhere
- Hold fast
- Bond
- Bind
- Stick
- Stick to
Definitions:
- stick to firmly
Examples:
- Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?
Synonyms:
- Stick
Definitions:
- be or become fixed
Examples:
- The door sticks
Synonyms:
- Stick
Definitions:
- endure
Examples:
- The label stuck to her for the rest of her life
Synonyms:
- Adhere
- Stick
Definitions:
- be a devoted follower or supporter
Examples:
- The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism
- She sticks to her principles
Synonyms:
- Stand by
- Stick by
- Stick
- Adhere
Definitions:
- be loyal to
Examples:
- She stood by her husband in times of trouble
- The friends stuck together through the war
Synonyms:
- Stick
Definitions:
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
Examples:
- Stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it
Synonyms:
- Stick
Definitions:
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
Examples:
- Stick the poster onto the wall
Synonyms:
- Stick
Definitions:
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
Examples:
- Stick the photo onto the corkboard
Synonyms:
- Stick
Definitions:
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
Examples:
- Stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress
Synonyms:
- Stick
Definitions:
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
Examples:
- He stuck the cloth with the needle
Synonyms:
- Stick
Definitions:
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
Examples:
- He stuck the needle into his finger
Synonyms:
- Cling
- Cleave
- Adhere
- Stick
- Cohere
Definitions:
- come or be in close contact with
- stick or hold together and resist separation
Examples:
- The dress clings to her body
- The label stuck to the box
- The sushi rice grains cohere
Synonyms:
- Stick
- Sting
Definitions:
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
Examples:
- They stuck me with the dinner bill
- I was stung with a huge tax bill
Synonyms:
- Perplex
- Vex
- Stick
- Get
- Puzzle
- Mystify
- Baffle
- Beat
- Pose
- Bewilder
- Flummox
- Stupefy
- Nonplus
- Gravel
- Amaze
- Dumbfound
Definitions:
- be a mystery or bewildering to
Examples:
- This beats me!
- Got me

Verb related (for stick)
lipstick
stick about
stick around
stick by
stick in
stick on
stick out
stick to
stick together
stick up
stick with
stickle

1 sense for sticking as an Adjective:

Synonyms:
- Jutting
- Projected
- Projecting
- Protruding
- Relieved
- Sticking
- Sticking out
Definitions:
- extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
Examples:
- The jutting limb of a tree
- Massive projected buttresses
- His protruding ribs
- A pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck
Antonyms:
- Intrusive

Adjective related (for sticking)
sticking out

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