What does stick mean?
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What does stick mean? - The Free Dictionary
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stick - The Free Dictionary
(he collected dry sticks for a campfire the kid had a candied apple on a stick)
(lodge a bullet in the table stick your thumb in the crack)
(We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati Stay put in the corner here! Stick around and you will learn something!)
(Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?)
(The door sticks--we will have to plane it)
(fever left him weak on his sticks)
(The label stuck to her for the rest of her life)
(The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism She sticks to her principles)
(cinnamon sticks a stick of dynamite)
(She stood by her husband in times of trouble The friends stuck together through the war)
(stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it)
(the policy so far is all stick and no carrot)
(stick the poster onto the wall)
(stick the photo onto the corkboard)
(stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress)
(he stuck the cloth with the needle)
(He stuck the needle into his finger)
(The dress clings to her body The label stuck to the box The sushi rice grains cohere)
(They stuck me with the dinner bill I was stung with a huge tax bill)
(This beats me! Got me--I don't know the answer! a vexing problem This question really stuck me)
Other vocabulary
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