| Sounds | stih'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | A small thin branch of a tree. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | limb, tree branch | Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree |
| Spanish | ramo, verdugo, verdugón | |
| Meaning | A lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | control stick, joystick | |
| Broader | lever | A rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum |
| Spanish | palanca de control, palanca de mando | |
| Catalan | joystick | |
| Meaning | A rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | butter | An edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream |
| margarine, margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge | A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | |
| Meaning | informal terms for the leg. | |
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| Example | "fever left him weak on his sticks" | |
| Synonyms | pin, peg | |
| Broader | leg | A human limb |
| Catalan | clavilla, pal, piu | |
| Meaning | A long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball. | |
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| Category | field hockey, hockey | A game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field |
| ice hockey, hockey, hockey game | A game / game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks | |
| polo | A game / game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball | |
| Narrower | hockey stick | sports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puck |
| polo mallet, polo stick | A mallet used to strike the ball in polo | |
| Broader | sports equipment | equipment needed to participate in a particular sport |
| Spanish | barra, palo de hockey, palo | |
| Catalan | barra | |
| Meaning | A long thin implement resembling a length of wood. | |
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| Broader | implement | instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end |
| Meaning | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking. | |
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| Synonyms | joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff | |
| Broader | cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag | finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper |
| Substances | cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, ganja | The most commonly used illicit drug |
| Spanish | bate, canuto, carruco, kiki, leño, peta, porro, spliff, trompeta | |
| Catalan | kiki, peta, porret, porro, spliff | |
| Meaning | threat of a penalty. | |
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| Example | "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot" | |
| Broader | punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation | The act of punishing |
| Spanish | palo | |
| Meaning | Put, fix, force, or implant. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They stick the books into the box | |
| Example | "stick your thumb in the crack" | |
| Synonyms | lodge, wedge, deposit | |
| Narrower | redeposit | Deposit anew |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
| See also | stick out | extend out or project in space |
| Opposite | dislodge, free | Remove or force out from a position |
| Spanish | adherir, calzar, depositar, encajar, enganchar, pegar | |
| Catalan | adherir-se, adherir, encaixar, enganxar, falcar, tasconar | |
| Meaning | stay put (in a certain place). | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Stick around and you will learn something!" | |
| Synonyms | stay, stick around, stay put | |
| Broader | stay in place | Be stationary |
| Opposite | move | change residence, affiliation, or place of employment |
| Spanish | alojarse, hospedarse, permanecer, quedarse, quedar | |
| Catalan | allotjar-se, hostatjar-se, quedar-se, quedar, restar, romandre | |
| Meaning | stick / stick to firmly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick to | |
| Caused by | affix, stick on | attach to |
| Narrower | bind | form a chemical bond with |
| Broader | attach | Become attached |
| Similar to | cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere | Come or be in close contact with |
| Spanish | adherirse, adherir, asociarse, atar, encolar, incorporarse, liar, ligarse, pegarse, pegar, unirse, vincular | |
| Catalan | adherir, encolar, enganxar, lligar, vincular | |
| Nouns | sticker | an adhesive label |
| Meaning | Be or become fixed. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The door sticks--we will have to plane it" | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Meaning | endure. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | persist, remain, stay | Stay behind |
| Spanish | permanecer | |
| Meaning | Be a devoted follower or supporter. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "She sticks to her principles" | |
| Synonym | adhere | |
| Broader | adopt, follow, espouse | choose and follow |
| Meaning | Be loyal to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | stand by, stick by, adhere | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | apoyar | |
| Catalan | donar suport | |
| Meaning | Cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it" | |
| Broader | decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour / colour, etc. |
| Meaning | Fasten with an adhesive material like glue. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "stick the poster onto the wall" | |
| Broader | fasten | Become fixed or fastened |
| Similar to | cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere | Come or be in close contact with |
| stick | Fasten with or as with pins or nails | |
| stick | Fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something | |
| Spanish | pegar | |
| Catalan | enganxar | |
| Meaning | Fasten with or as with pins or nails. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "stick the photo onto the corkboard" | |
| Broader | fasten | Become fixed or fastened |
| Similar to | stick | Fasten with an adhesive material like glue |
| Meaning | Fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress" | |
| Broader | fasten | Become fixed or fastened |
| Similar to | stick | Fasten with an adhesive material like glue |
| Spanish | enganchar | |
| Meaning | pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
| Similar to | stick | pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed |
| Spanish | estoquear, picar | |
| Catalan | picar, punxar, punyir | |
| Nouns | sticker | a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing |
| sticker | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | |
| Meaning | pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
| Similar to | stick | pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument |
| Spanish | estoquear, picar, pinchar | |
| Catalan | picar, punxar, punyir | |
| Nouns | sticker | a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing |
| Meaning | Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | cling, cleave, adhere, cohere | |
| Entails | attach | Become attached |
| Narrower | agglutinate | clump together |
| conglutinate | stick together | |
| mold | fit tightly, follow the contours of | |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
| Similar to | adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to | stick / stick to firmly |
| stick | Fasten with an adhesive material like glue | |
| Spanish | adherirse, adherir, aferrarse, aferrar, pegarse | |
| Catalan | adherir-se, adherir, aferrar-se, aferrar, enganxar | |
| Meaning | saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
| Synonym | sting | |
| Broader | force, thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably |
| Spanish | cargar, encargarse de, picar, pinchar, punzar | |
| Catalan | picar, punxar | |
| Meaning | Be a mystery or bewildering to. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | perplex, vex, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | |
| Narrower | elude, escape | Be incomprehensible to |
| riddle | Set a difficult problem or riddle | |
| stump, mix up | Cause to be perplexed or confounded | |
| Broader | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
| Spanish | asombrar, confundir, desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, sorprender | |
| Catalan | desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar | |
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