Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To protrude.

    He stuck out his tongue at me.

  2. (intransitive)To protrude; to extend beyond.

    His tongue was sticking out.

    I can fit the pipe in my car, but one end will stick out from the back.

    abstehen, herausragen, herausstechen

    торча́тьtorčátʹ, высо́выватьсяvysóvyvatʹsja, высо́выватьvysóvyvatʹ

    стирча́тиstyrčáty, випина́тисяvypynátysja, вистава́тиvystaváty

    extend out or project in space

  3. (idiomatic, intransitive)To be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive.

    The one red wall really sticks out among all the creamy ones.

    sich auszeichnen, sich abheben

    be highly noticeable

  4. To persist until the end; stick it out.

Examples

131 sentences
  1. That child stuck out his tongue at me.

    Те дитя вистромило мені язика.

    ruТот ребёнок показал мне язык.

    deDas Kind hat mir die Zunge herausgestreckt.

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  2. Tom stuck his tongue out at Mary.

    ruТом показал Мэри язык.

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  3. Tom stuck out his tongue at Mary.

    deTom streckte Maria die Zunge heraus.

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  4. Tom stuck his head out the window.

    ruТом высунул голову из окна.

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  5. Don't stick your hand out of the window.

    ruНе высовывай руку в окно.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to protrude; to extend beyond:
Русский
By meaning 1
to protrude; to extend beyond:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to protrude; to extend beyond:
to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive:

Forms

sticks out, sticking out, stuck out, stuck out
Base formstick out · to stick out
3rd person singularsticks out
Present participlesticking out
Past simplestuck out
Past participlestuck out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystick out
he, she, itsticks out

Past simpleLesson

all personsstuck out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stuck out
he, she, ithas stuck out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stick out

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

35 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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