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1 stick
I [stik] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) χώνω,μπήγω2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) είμαι καρφωμένος/μπηγμένος3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) κολλώ4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) χώνομαι,μαγκώνω,φρακάρω,κολλώ•- sticker- sticky
- stickily
- stickiness
- sticking-plaster
- stick-in-the-mud
- come to a sticky end
- stick at
- stick by
- stick it out
- stick out
- stick one's neck out
- stick to/with
- stick together
- stick up for II [stik] noun1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) ξυλαράκι2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) ραβδί,μπαστούνι3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) κλαδί, ματσούκι•- get hold of the wrong end of the stick- get the wrong end of the stick -
2 pencil
['pensl] 1. noun(a long, thin instrument (usually of wood) containing a thin stick of graphite or some similar solid substance for writing or drawing: This pencil needs sharpening / to be sharpened; He wrote in pencil; ( also adjective) a pencil sharpener.) μολύβι2. verb(to write or draw with a pencil: He pencilled an outline of the house.) γράφω/σχεδιάζω με μολύβι -
3 arrow
['ærəu]1) (a thin, straight stick with a point, which is fired from a bow.) βέλος2) (a sign shaped like an arrow eg to show which way to go: You can't get lost - just follow the arrows.) βέλος• -
4 golf-club
noun (the long thin stick used to hit the ball in golf: He bought a new set of golf-clubs.) μπαστούνι του γκολφ -
5 probe
[prəub] 1. noun1) (a long thin instrument used by doctors to examine a wound etc.) καθετήρας2) (an investigation: a police probe into illegal activities.) έρευνα2. verb1) (to investigate: He probed into her private life.) ερευνώ σε βάθος2) (to examine (as if) with a probe: The doctor probed the wound; He probed about in the hole with a stick.) εξετάζω -
6 rod
[rod](a long thin stick or piece of wood, metal etc: an iron rod; a fishing-rod; a measuring-rod.) ράβδος, βέργα, καλάμι -
7 switch
[swi ] 1. noun1) (a small lever, handle or other device eg for putting or turning an electric current on or off: The switch is down when the power is on and up when it's off; He couldn't find the light-switch.) διακόπτης2) (an act of turning or changing: After several switches of direction they found themselves on the right road.) (μετα)στροφή, αλλαγή πορείας3) (a thin stick.) ραβδί2. verb(to change, turn: He switched the lever to the `off' position; Let's switch over to another programme; Having considered that problem, they switched their attention to other matters.) αλλάζω, μεταστρέφομαι- switchboard
- switch on/off
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