Found 2 hits - Term: to stick out, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stick \stick\, v. t. imp. p. p. stuckobs. sticked; p.
pr. vb. n. sticking. oe. stikien, v.t. i., combined
with steken, whence e. stuck, as. stician, v.t. i., and
assumed stecan, v.t.; akin to ofries. steka, os. stekan,
ohg. stehhan, g. stechen, and to gr. ? to prick, skr. tij to
be sharp. cf. distinguish, etiquette, extinct,
instigate, instinct, prestige, stake, steak,
stick, n., stigma, stimulate, sting, stitch in
sewing, style for or in writing.
1. to penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to
stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
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and sticked him with bodkins anon. --chaucer.
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it was a shame . . . to stick him under the other
gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray. --sir
w. scott.
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2. to cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to
pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
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thou stickest a dagger in me. --shak.
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3. 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.
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my shroud of white, stuck all with yew. --shak.
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the points of spears are stuck within the shield.
--dryden.
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4. to set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
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5. to set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
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6. to fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an
apple on a fork.
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7. 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.
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8. print. to compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing
stick; as, to stick type. cant
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9. joinery to run or plane moldings in a machine, in
contradistinction to working them by hand. such moldings
are said to be stuck.
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10. to cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to
puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. colloq.
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11. to impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
slang
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to stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render
prominent.
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see also:
stuck sticked sticking distinguish etiquette extinct
instigate instinct prestige stake steak
stick stigma stimulate sting stitch
style to stick out
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stick \stick\, v. i.
1. to adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to
the wall.
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the green caterpillar breedeth in the inward parts
of roses not blown, where the dew sticketh. --bacon.
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2. 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.
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a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
--prov. xviii.
24.
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i am a kind of bur; i shall stick. --shak.
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if on your fame our sex a bolt has thrown,
't will ever stick through malice of your own.
--young.
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3. to be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of
some obstacle; to be stayed.
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i had most need of blessing, and "amen"
stuck in my throat. --shak.
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the trembling weapon passed
through nine bull hides, . . . and stuck within the
last. --dryden.
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4. to be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred,
as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at.
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they will stick long at part of a demonstration for
want of perceiving the connection of two ideas.
--locke.
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some stick not to say, that the parson and attorney
forged a will. --arbuthnot.
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5. to cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
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this is the difficulty that sticks with the most
reasonable. --swift.
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to stick by.
a to adhere closely to; to be firm in supporting. "we
are your only friends; stick by us, and we will stick
by you." --davenant.
b to be troublesome by adhering. "i am satisfied to
trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me."
--pope.
to stick out.
a to project; to be prominent. "his bones that were not
seen stick out." --job xxxiii. 21.
b to persevere in a purpose; to hold out; as, the
garrison stuck out until relieved. colloq.
to stick to, to be persevering in holding to; as, to stick
to a party or cause. "the advantage will be on our side if
we stick to its essentials." --addison.
to stick up, to stand erect; as, his hair sticks up.
to stick up for, to assert and defend; as, to stick up for
one's rights or for a friend. colloq.
to stick upon, to dwell upon; not to forsake. "if the
matter be knotty, the mind must stop and buckle to it, and
stick upon it with labor and thought." --locke.
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see also:
to stick by to stick out to stick to to stick up to stick up for to stick upon
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