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• stick — [stik] n. [ME stikke < OE sticca, akin to Du stek, ON stik < IE base * steig , a point > STAKE, Frank * stakka, Gr stigma, L instigare, INSTIGATE] 1. a long, usually slender piece of wood; specif., a) a twig or small branch broken off or …   English World dictionary

• stick — Ⅰ. stick [1] ► NOUN 1) a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree. 2) a piece of trimmed wood used for support in walking or as a weapon. 3) (in hockey, polo, etc.) a long, thin implement used to hit or direct the ball or puck.… …   English terms dictionary

• Stick — Stick, v. i. 1. To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall. [1913 Webster] The green caterpillar breedeth in the inward parts of roses not blown, where the dew sticketh. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To remain where placed; to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stick — ‘piece of wood’ [OE] and stick ‘fix, adhere’ [OE] come from the same Germanic source: the base *stik , *stek , *stak ‘pierce, prick, be sharp’ (which also produced English attach, stake, stitch, stockade, and stoke). This in turn went back to the …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• stick — ‘piece of wood’ [OE] and stick ‘fix, adhere’ [OE] come from the same Germanic source: the base *stik , *stek , *stak ‘pierce, prick, be sharp’ (which also produced English attach, stake, stitch, stockade, and stoke). This in turn went back to the …   Word origins

• stick — 1. n. 1 a a short slender branch or length of wood broken or cut from a tree. b this trimmed for use as a support or weapon. 2 a thin rod or spike of wood etc. for a particular purpose (cocktail stick). 3 a an implement used to propel the ball in …   Useful english dictionary

• stick — 1 /stIk/ verb past tense and past participle stuck 1 PUSH (transitive always + adv/prep, intransitive always + adv/prep) if a pointed object sticks into something or you stick it into something, it is pushed into it: stick sth in/into/through etc …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Stick pusher — A stick pusher is a device installed in some fixed wing aircraft to prevent the aircraft from entering an aerodynamic stall. Some large fixed wing aircraft display poor post stall handling characteristics or are vulnerable to deep stall. To… …   Wikipedia

• stick — I n. 1) a hiking; hockey; pointed; walking stick 2) a celery stick 3) a composing stick ( device for typesetting ) 4) a swagger stick (carried by a military officer) 5) (misc.) to carry a big stick ( to threaten to use force to settle a dispute ) …   Combinatory dictionary

• stick — I UK [stɪk] / US verb Word forms stick : present tense I/you/we/they stick he/she/it sticks present participle sticking past tense stuck UK [stʌk] / US past participle stuck *** 1) [transitive] to push something long and thin into or through… …   English dictionary

• stick — stick1 noun 1》 a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.     ↘a stick used for support in walking or as a weapon.     ↘(the sticks) informal goalposts or cricket stumps.     ↘Nautical, archaic a mast or spar. 2》 (in hockey,… …   English new terms dictionary