stick
To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick jointTo cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
Meaning
26 sensesTo cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
(dated, slang, transitive)To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
to stick type
stick to firmly
(transitive)To furnish or set with sticks.
To hit with a stick.
(intransitive)To become or remain attached; to adhere.
The tape will not stick if it melts.
kleben, kleben, anheften
прикле́иватьprikléivatʹ, прикле́итьprikléitʹ, кле́итьkléitʹ
прикле́юватиprykléjuvaty, кле́їтиkléjity, ли́пнутиlýpnuty
be or become fixed
(intransitive)To jam; to stop moving.
The lever sticks if you push it too far up.
steckenbleiben, stocken
застрева́тьzastrevátʹ, застря́тьzastrjátʹ, защемля́тьzaščemljátʹ
защемля́тиzaščemljáty, защеми́тиzaščemýty
(transitive)To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
endure
(intransitive)To persist.
His old nickname stuck.
(intransitive)Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
(intransitive)To remain loyal; to remain firm.
Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.
dabeibleiben
be loyal to
(dated, intransitive)To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
(dated, intransitive)To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
Examples
1796 sentencesYou must stick to your promise.
Ти повинен дотримуватися обіцянки. — deniko
ruТы должен держать обещание. — Biga
deSie müssen Ihr Versprechen halten. — MUIRIEL
Tom doesn't want to stick around.
Том не хоче бути десь поруч. — deniko
Tom didn't want to stick around.
Том не хотів лишатися поруч. — deniko
Would you stick around for a minute?
Можеш побути тут хвилинку? — deniko
That child stuck out his tongue at me.
Те дитя вистромило мені язика. — marko
ruТот ребёнок показал мне язык. — Lenin_1917
deDas Kind hat mir die Zunge herausgestreckt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 4
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English sticke, stik, stikke (“branch, twig; kindling; mast; pale; stick, stylFrom Middle English sticke, stik, stikke (“branch, twig; kindling; mast; pale; stick, stylus”), from Old English sticca (“stick; peg; beam, rod”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô (“pole, stick”), from *stikkōną (“to fix, stick”), from *stikaną (“to stick; to stab”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to sting”).
From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *stikkōną (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”).
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Forms
sticks, sticking, sticked, stickedPhrasal verbs
8 phrasal verbs- stick upвстати, вставатиTo rob at gunpoint.
- stick outстирчати, випинатисяTo protrude.
- stick aroundзатримуватися, зоставатисяTo stay; to linger; to remain.
- stick withзатримуватися, зоставатисяUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, with.
- stick toслідувати, дотримуватисяTo persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.)
- stick byклеїти, липнутиTo follow or adhere to somebody or something, to remain loyal and unswerving in one's attitude towards somebody or something
- stick onTo charge (someone) with an offence.
- stick downTo cause to stick to a surface.
Synonyms
262 synonymsWord family
28 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- stick around
- got stuck in
- stick around for
- to stick around
- is stuck in
- stuck in the
- stuck in traffic
- got stuck
- stuck in a
- stick together
- with a stick
- stick around and
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.