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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "stick"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to fix an object to another, usually with glue or another similar substance
Transitive: to stick sth to a surface
to stick definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please stick the label to the package securely.
āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϞ⧇āĻŦ⧇āϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āĻœā§‡ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύāĨ¤
1.1

āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to become fixed to something, usually with glue or another similar substance
Intransitive: to stick to a surface
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The paper stuck to the wall after we applied glue.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāĻ āĻž āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĢā§‹āρāϟāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to push or insert something pointed or sharp into or through something else
Transitive: to stick a sharp object into sth
to stick definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She stuck a pencil into the soil to plant a small seed.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦā§€āϜ āϰ⧋āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāϞ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
2.1

āĻĢā§‹āρāϟāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a sharp or pointed thing) to be pushed or inserted into or through something
Intransitive: to stick into sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The thorn stuck into my hand when I touched the rosebush.
āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
2.2

āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻžāύ⧋

to attach or push something onto or into a pointed thing
Transitive: to stick sth onto a sharp object | to stick sth on a sharp object
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you stick the apple onto the fork?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻĒ⧇āϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāϚāĻžāĻŽāĻšā§‡ āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
03

āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to stay attached to something
Intransitive: to stick to sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The magnet made the metal objects stick to the refrigerator.
āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϰ⧇āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϟāϰ⧇ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to place or position something
Transitive: to stick sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She stuck her hand in the cookie jar when no one was looking.
āϕ⧇āω āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āϕ⧁āĻ•āĻŋ āϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇

to be burdened with something unpleasant or disadvantageous
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She's stuck with a lot of debt after the unexpected medical bills.
āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻŽā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ‹āϪ⧇ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
5.1

āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to endure or tolerate an unpleasant or unwelcome person or situation
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to stick an unpleasant person or situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The issue is, my sister ca n't stick her new boss.
āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻšāϞ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāϏāϕ⧇ āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
5.2

āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž

to make someone suffer a financial expense or loss
Transitive: to stick sb with a cost
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company tried to stick the employees with the cost of the new uniforms.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āχāωāύāĻŋāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
5.3

āĻ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cheat or deceive others by using deceptive methods for personal advantage
Transitive: to stick sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n't trust him; he 'll try to stick you in the card game.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻž; āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ āĻ•āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
06

āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to project or extend in a particular direction
Intransitive: to stick to a direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A single tooth was sticking down below his upper lip.
āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ ā§‹āρāĻŸā§‡āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07

āφāρāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž, āĻŦ⧈āϧ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to firmly establish or be recognized as valid and convincing
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over time, the tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving in November has stuck in American culture.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āύāϭ⧇āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āĻĨā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϏāĻ—āĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ‚ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ⧇āϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āφāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϗ⧇āρāĻĨ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
08

āφāρāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž, āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to closely follow or keep pace with someone or something, especially in a chase or competition
Intransitive: to stick with sb | to stick to sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He managed to stick to the leader throughout the race.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āϰ⧇āϏ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϞ⧇āϗ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
09

āφāϘāĻžāϤ, āϠ⧇āϞāĻž

to use a stick or similar object to hit or propel something, like a hockey puck
Transitive: to stick sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The player managed to stick the ball into the net, scoring a point for his team.
āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āύ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
10

āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stay in the same condition or make no further progress
Intransitive: to stick at a level
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite numerous attempts, his savings had stuck at $5,000 for months.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϏ āϧāϰ⧇ $5,000 āĻ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ, āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĄāĻžāϞ

a small, thin branch or twig from a tree or shrub
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He used a stick to draw shapes in the dirt.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ āφāρāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.1

āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ, āĻŦ⧇āϤ

a long and thin object that is used as a support while walking, especially by elderly people
stick definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He gifted his grandfather a beautifully carved wooden stick for his walks.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.2

āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻŋ

a long, thin object, often resembling a piece of wood, used for pointing, drawing attention, or performing specific actions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher pointed to the map with a stick during the geography lesson.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ­ā§‚āĻ—ā§‹āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϠ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāύāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āχāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.3

āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ, āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ•

a long, slender implement typically made of wood that is used by players in sports such as hockey or polo to hit a puck or ball
stick definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She broke her polo stick during the intense match.
āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‹āϞ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ• āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.4

āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ, āĻļāĻŋāĻ™

a slender piece of wood or other material, typically used as a skewer or support, often employed for cooking items such as kebabs or barbecue by threading food onto it and grilling
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The butcher handed us a bundle of sticks to use for the kebabs at the barbecue.
āĻ•āϏāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāωāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ• āϗ⧁āĻšā§āĻ› āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ•, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ

a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She adjusted the stick to maintain the aircraft's balance during turbulence.
āĻ…āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ, āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ

the threat of a penalty or punishment used as a means of enforcing discipline or compliance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The coach used the stick approach, warning the players about extra drills if they did n't perform well.
āϕ⧋āϚ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇åĻ‚æžœäģ–äģŦčĄ¨įŽ°ä¸äŊŗīŧŒå°†äŧšæœ‰éĸå¤–įš„čŽ­įģƒã€‚
04

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ⧇āϟ

a cigarette made by rolling marijuana leaves, commonly used for smoking
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She rolled a stick to share with her friends.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ stick āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ, āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰāĻž

a small block of butter or margarine used in cooking and baking
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The recipe calls for a stick of margarine to be melted.
āϰ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϰāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

sticker
stuck
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