(v. t.) A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
(v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick.
(v. t.) Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.
(v. t.) A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick.
(v. t.) A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used.
(v. t.) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
(n.) To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
(n.) To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
(n.) To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
(n.) To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
(n.) To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
(n.) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork.
(n.) To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner.
(n.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type.
(n.) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck.
(n.) To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem.
(n.) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
(v. i.) To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall.
(v. i.) To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.
(v. i.) To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.
(v. i.) To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at.
(v. i.) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Jonker kept sticking his nose in the corner and not really cooperating, but then came a moment of stillness.
(2) The sticking probability decreased as the cell receptor concentration was lowered from approximately 10(4) to 10(2) receptors per 4-microns diam liposome and as the shear rate increased from 5 to 22 s-1.
(3) One of the big sticking points is cash – with rich countries so far failing to live up to promise to mobilise $100bn a year by 2020 for climate finance .
(4) Pictures of the Social Network star emerged on Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday, showing Garfield in full costume for Punchdrunk's current show, The Drowned Man , chewing seductively on a stick of straw .
(5) These preliminary results suggest that finger stick blood samples, collected on filter paper, could be used for FTA-ABS testing of remote rural populations--such as in areas where yaws is endemic.
(6) We arrange the meetings on the North Korea-China border and give the USB sticks which then will move into North Korea.” North Korea to face the music after cancelling Moranbong shows Read more Stratton says she also hopes it will change the way some Americans think of North Koreans.
(7) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
(8) The most common fracture type was a green-stick fracture (51.6%), and 18.5% of fractures were epiphyseal injuries.
(9) "Naysmith underscored that Scotland received 'nothing' for releasing Megrahi, while the UK government has gotten everything – a chance to stick it to Salmond's SNP and good relations with Libya."
(10) Here's Trintignant, twirling his walking stick in one hand and gesticulating with the other; taking issue with this and that.
(11) Don’t give me stick when I change the side at Arsenal.
(12) We’d been working in Atlantic City, four in the afternoon to four in the morning, six sets, opening for everybody that came through – the Emotions, Bill Withers, the Pointer Sisters – and they were all really encouraging: “You girls are really good, you should stick with it.” That kind of solidified our desire to continue, but our record company, Atlantic, didn’t quite know what to do with us.
(13) Defenders will now stick with the attacking player more naturally whereas before you’d have to press A to contain - we don’t particularly want that all the time.
(14) Archer said he was sticking to his view that house prices would see "solid but limited increases" in 2013, but admitted "there is a growing possibility that … house prices could surprise on the upside over the second half of in 2013".
(15) If the ambition set out by the world’s heads of state in New York is ever to be achieved, the global tax system needs more than just a sticking plaster.
(16) The rise of the multi-car household is partly down to teenagers sticking around at home long into their twenties, said Direct Line.
(17) Nominees: Sticks and Stones, Maroon Productions for Channel 4 Charlie and Lola "I am not sleepy and I will not go to bed", Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Children's Breakthrough Award - Behind the Screen Jonathan Smith - Make Me Normal, Century Films for Channel 4 "The jury said that this year's winner had directed a moving and inspiring documentary which forced the audience to consider the impact of autism and Aspergers syndrome and how it can impact on the lives of those it affects."
(18) She has developed a strong reputation for making quick decisions and sticking by them, and colleagues like her.
(19) A case-control study, using age-matched neighbors as controls, showed that patients were significantly more likely to have lived in poorly constructed, wood-stick houses.
(20) We should strip our own national anthem back, and replace the lyrics with our own best-known meaningless word – “oi!” Unless of course Big Liz turns up, and then we can stick in those other words – but she’s not going to, is she?” Netherlands – Tinchy Stryder Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tinchy Stryder has had two UK No1 singles, Number 1 and Never Leave You.
Sticker
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.
(n.) That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
(n.) In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
(n.) Same as Paster, 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A sticker worn on the shirt an attendee at a New York City landmarks commission meeting.
(2) But all that has changed since I discovered the sheer joy of hunting down items with “reduced” stickers at my local Waitrose.
(3) A silent protester cries while wearing a sticker over her mouth signifying the loss in wages from the right-to-work law in Lansing, Michigan, on 12 December 2012.
(4) Following that, they were given a sticker and told that a bigger selection was on its way.
(5) Here, you pass cars with large stickers pronouncing “Real Men Shoot Wolves” to show support for six local poachers who were imprisoned for illegal hunting last year .
(6) Their antennae, which purported to detect explosives, and in other cases narcotics, were not connected to anything, they had no power source and one of the devices was simply the golf ball finder with a different sticker on it.
(7) Various methods of capturing charges for supplies stocked on nursing units have been devised, such as stickers and charge slips attached to the items.
(8) Today, under ice and snow and behind the crowds of shoppers and tourists, little evidence remains of the terror – though on a metal railing on the pavement outside the Forum, a sticker shows a yellow and blue ribbon – the colors of the marathon finish line – and the post-attack slogan “ Boston Strong ”.
(9) Living well with dementia means more than signs and stickers and a memory clinic,” Ward says.
(10) Numerous educational materials were developed including training manuals, counseling booklets, tippee cups, posters, and bumper stickers.
(11) This study assessed the effects of dashboard stickers and signature sheets on safety belt use among occupants of state-owned vehicles in three Florida agencies.
(12) The album comes with a starter pack of 31 stickers, but I usually top it up straight away with an extra five or six packs to stop it looking too empty.
(13) Stickers and posters then began to appear around the New York suburb of Astoria before the organisation opened a branch there.
(14) They have decorated a box with stickers of sunflowers and, as part of Islam’s therapy, they are placing their mother’s possessions in it.
(15) In the meantime other icons of the Confederacy – flags, monuments, markers, license plates and bumper stickers on automobiles – are increasingly drawing petitions around the country.
(16) Others break up bits of old computers and DVD players for recycling, fitting together U-bends, applying stickers on radiator caps, and building bird tables, bug hotels and hedgehog boxes for sale.
(17) That campaign started spontaneously when five Surbiton secretaries volunteered to work an extra half an hour each day without pay in order to boost productivity, and urged the rest of the country to follow their initiative, prompting "I'm backing Britain" stickers and badges across the country in a post World Cup wave of patriotism.
(18) BITS AND BOBS A Colombian teacher has been accused of pilfering stickers from pupils to complete his own Panini World Cup album.
(19) Open 10am-11pm, but closed for refurbishment until July 2012 Purikura no Mecca Photograph: Alamy Having first appeared in the mid-1990s, sticker photo machines, aka purikura or "print club", are now a cultural mainstay – whether on a date or with friends, Japanese teens have become obsessed with posing for snaps in these increasingly ubiquitous booths.
(20) Someone has already put a sticker on the road sign at the entrance of the village celebrating it as Mladic's last home before he was found.