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To become or remain attached; to adhere.
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The tape will not stick if it melts.
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To jam; to stop moving.
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The lever sticks if you push it too far up.
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To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
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To persist.
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His old nickname stuck.
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Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
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To remain loyal; to remain firm.
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Just stick to your strategy, and you will win.
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To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
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To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
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To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
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To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
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Stick the label on the jar.
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To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
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Stick your bag over there and come with me.
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To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
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The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.
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To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
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to stick an apple on a fork
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To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
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To perform (a landing) perfectly.
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Once again, the world champion sticks the dismount.
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To propagate plants by cuttings.
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Stick cuttings from geraniums promptly.
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(joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
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To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.
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to stick somebody with a hard problem
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To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
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To have sexual intercourse with.
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To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.