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entangled or enmired or bogged down: Something sticks in my
mind about your leaving next week. We were stuck in the Sunday
traffic for hours. The wheel is stuck in the sand. 8 burden,
weigh down, encumber, saddle with, charge, impose on, force on:
We stuck Tony with the nasty job of changing the tyre. 9
baffle, puzzle, bewilder, perplex, confuse, stump, stop,
nonplus: I was totally stuck for a solution. 10 stand, abide,
tolerate, endure, bear: I can't stick people watching me while
I am painting. 11 stick around or about. wait, tarry, linger,
stay, stand by, remain, Colloq hang around or about or on: Can
you stick around for a few minutes after the meeting? 12 stick
at. stop at, hesitate at, pause at, scruple at, be deterred or
put off by, take exception to, shrink from or at, balk at:
Barnes sticks at nothing to get his way. 13 stick by. support,
be loyal or faithful to, stand by: Arnold will stick by you,
come what may. 14 stick it (out). persevere, persist, stand
fast, bear it, be resolute, soldier on, hold (one's) ground,
grin and bear it, see it through, weather it, Colloq US tough it
out: It was a very hard job, but I stuck it out to the very
end. 15 stick out or up. protrude, jut (out), extend, project,
poke (out); bulge, obtrude, stand out, overhang, beetle: Stick
out your tongue. What is sticking out of your ear? Balconies
stick out from all sides of the building. 16 stick together. a
unite, unify, join (forces), consolidate, merge, confederate,
amalgamate, cooperate, work together: The family always sticks
together at times of crisis. b See 5, above. 17 stick up. a
rob, mug, Colloq hold up, US heist: They stuck up a bank
courier this morning, in broad daylight! b put up, post, affix,
display: We went round town sticking up posters for our
candidate. 18 stick up for. rally to the support of, support,
stand by or up for, defend, speak for or in behalf of, take up
the cudgels for; put one's money where one's mouth is, have the
courage of one's convictions: A person must stick up for what
he thinks is right. 19 stick with. persevere, persist, stay or
remain or continue with, not change one's mind about: Stick
with me, kid, and you'll wear diamonds. I'll stick with the
smoked eel as a starter.
stický n. 1 stake, twig, branch, baton, wand, staff, rod, cane, pole,
pike, walking-stick: We put a stick in the ground to mark the
place. 2 person, man, fellow, chap, Colloq guy, Brit geezer,
bloke: Desmond isn't such a bad old stick after all. 3 the
sticks. the country, the provinces, the countryside, the