[1] : 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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