noun Download 🔗Share An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. Examples : "The little boy used a stick to help him balance his building blocks. " material item thing utensil essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance. Examples : "Sealing wax is available as a cylindrical or rectangular stick." item unit essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Material or objects attached to a stick or the like. Examples : "The child used a stick to attach colorful leaves to her notebook. " material item essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick. Examples : "The carpenter used a long wooden stick to measure the length of the table. " utensil device item essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stick-like item: Examples : "My little brother used a stick to draw in the sand. " item thing material essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Ability; specifically: Examples : "Her stick-to-it-iveness was her greatest strength. " ability essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking, tall and thin, like pieces of wood.) Examples : "The stick of students in the class was very focused during the lesson. " group person essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior. Examples : "The teacher's praise was a strong stick for improving the student's behaviour. " attitude action character mind moral essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A measure. Examples : "The recipe called for a stick of butter. " unit amount essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint. Examples : "The carpenter carefully stuck a piece of wood to make the stick member for the window frame. " technical building structure work essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick. Examples : "to stick type" writing language job essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To furnish or set with sticks. Examples : "The carpenter will stick wooden supports into the soil to build the new fence. " material utility essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The traction of tires on the road surface. Examples : "The car's good tires provided excellent stick on the icy road. " vehicle technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick. Examples : "Before making his cast, the fisherman carefully measured the stick of line on the water. " sport nautical fish technical essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. Examples : "The chef's knife slipped, and the accidental stick into the wooden cutting board made a loud thwack. " weapon action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become or remain attached; to adhere. Examples : "The tape will not stick if it melts." material physics chemistry essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To jam; to stop moving. Examples : "The lever sticks if you push it too far up." machine action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To tolerate, to endure, to stick with. Examples : "She stuck with her studies, even though they were difficult. " attitude character ability essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To persist. Examples : "His old nickname stuck." attitude action character essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Of snow, to remain frozen on landing. Examples : "The snowflakes stuck to the window pane after the sudden snowfall. " weather essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To remain loyal; to remain firm. Examples : "Just stick to your strategy, and you will win." attitude character value moral essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To attach with glue or as if by gluing. Examples : "Stick the label on the jar." material action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To place, set down (quickly or carelessly). Examples : "Stick your bag over there and come with me." action place essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To press (something with a sharp point) into something else. Examples : "The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it." action utensil essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale. Examples : "to stick an apple on a fork" action weapon essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To perform (a landing) perfectly. Examples : "Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount." sport achievement essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To propagate plants by cuttings. Examples : "Stick cuttings from geraniums promptly." agriculture plant essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck. Examples : "The carpenter used a machine to stick the decorative mouldings onto the wall. " technical machine building work industry essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle. Examples : "to stick somebody with a hard problem" attitude character mind essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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adjective Download 🔗Share Likely to stick; sticking, sticky. Examples : "A sticker type of glue. The stickest kind of gum." appearance material substance quality essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Criticism or ridicule. Examples : "The teacher's stick about my poor presentation hurt my feelings. " communication attitude language character essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading