stick

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

sticks

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

stick

past (v2)

sticked

past participle (v3)

sticked

present participle

sticking

3rd person singular

sticks

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.

   • It is a fine stick, about 70 feet long.
   • The beaver's dam was made out of sticks.
   • I found several good sticks in the brush heap.

2. 2.Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.

   • Don’t hog all that gum, give me a stick!
   • The recipe calls for half a stick of butter.
   • Cigarettes are taxed at one dollar per stick.

3. 3.Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.

   • My parents bought us each a stick of cotton candy.
   • A stick of bombs fell straight across Wotton; blew up half a dozen houses.
   • James and I were in the same stick of five guys going through free fall school last September.

4. 4.A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.

   • A stick in the hand, a drop in the eye.
   • I grew up driving stick, but many people my age didn't.
   • I grew up driving a stick, but many people my age didn't.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To become or remain attached; to adhere.

   • The tape will not stick if it melts.

2. 2.To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.

3. 3.To furnish or set with sticks.

4. 4.To hit with a stick.

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