Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - stick
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Stick
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I. [c red]NOUN USES (sticks) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A stick is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree. ...people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood. N-COUNT 2. A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for supporting someone’s weight or for hitting people or animals. He looks old and walks with a stick... Crowds armed with sticks and stones took to the streets. N-COUNT see also carrot and stick 3. A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for a particular purpose. ...kebab sticks. ...lolly sticks. ...drum sticks. N-COUNT: usu n N 4. Some long thin objects that are used in sports are called sticks. ...lacrosse sticks. ...hockey sticks. ...ski-sticks. N-COUNT: usu n N 5. A stick of something is a long thin piece of it. ...a stick of celery. ...cinnamon sticks. N-COUNT: usu N of n, n N 6. If you give someone some stick, you criticize them or tease them roughly. (BRIT INFORMAL) It’s not motorists who give you the most stick, it’s the general public... I get some stick from the lads because of my faith but I don’t mind. N-UNCOUNT 7. If you say that someone lives in the sticks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities. (INFORMAL) He lived out in the sticks somewhere. N-PLURAL: the N c darkgreen]disapproval 8. If someone gets the wrong end of the stick or gets hold of the wrong end of the stick, they do not understand something correctly and get the wrong idea about it. (INFORMAL) PHRASE: V inflects II. [c red]VERB USES (sticks, sticking, stuck) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Please look at category 9 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword. 1. If you stick something somewhere, you put it there in a rather casual way. (INFORMAL) He folded the papers and stuck them in his desk drawer... Jack opened his door and stuck his head out. VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv 2. If you stick a pointed object in something, or if it sticks in something, it goes into it or through it by making a cut or hole. Some punk stuck a knife in her last night... The soldiers went at once to the mound and began to stick their bayonets through it... The knife stuck in the ground at his feet. VERB: V n in/into/through n, V n in/into/through n, V in n 3. If something is sticking out from a surface or object, it extends up or away from it. If something is sticking into a surface or object, it is partly in it. They lay where they had fallen from the crane, sticking out of the water... His hair sticks up in half a dozen directions. ...when we see her with lots of tubes and needles sticking into her little body. VERB: V adv/prep, V adv/prep, V adv/prep 4. If you stick one thing to another, you attach it using glue, sticky tape, or another sticky substance. We just stuck it to the window... He has nowhere to stick up his posters... Stick down any loose bits of flooring. VERB: V n prep, V n with adv, V n with adv 5. If one thing sticks to another, it becomes attached to it and is difficult to remove. Peel away the waxed paper if it has stuck to the bottom of the cake... If left to stand, cooked pasta sticks together. VERB: V to n, V together 6. If something sticks in your mind, you remember it for a long time. The incident stuck in my mind because it was the first example I had seen of racism in that country... VERB: V in n 7. If something which can usually be moved sticks, it becomes fixed in one position. The needle on the dial went right round to fifty feet, which was as far as it could go, and there it stuck... VERB: V 8. see also stuck 9. to stick in your throat: see throat STICK AROUND If you stick around, you stay where you are, often because you are waiting for something. (INFORMAL) Stick around a while and see what develops... PHRASAL VERB: V P
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English stik, from Old English sticca; akin to Old Norse stik ~, Old English stician to ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub: as a. a usually dry or dead severed shoot, twig, or slender branch b. a cut or broken branch or piece of wood gathered for fuel or construction material 2. a. a long slender piece of wood or metal: as (1) a club or staff used as a weapon (2) walking ~ b. an implement used for striking or propelling an object in a game c. something used to force compliance d. a baton symbolizing an office or dignity; also a person entitled to bear such a baton 3. a piece of the materials composing something (as a building) 4. any of various implements resembling a ~ in shape, origin, or use: as a. composing ~ b. an airplane lever operating the elevators and ailerons c. the gearshift lever of an automobile 5. something prepared (as by cutting, molding, or rolling) in a relatively long and slender often cylindrical form a ~ of candy a ~ of butter 6. a. person, chap b. a dull, inert, stiff, or spiritless person 7. plural remote usually rural districts regarded especially as backward, dull, or unsophisticated ; boondocks 8. an herbaceous stalk resembling a woody ~ celery ~s 9. mast I,1; also yard I,4 10. a piece of furniture 11. a. a number of bombs arranged for release from a bombing plane in a series across a target b. a number of parachutists dropping together 12. slang a marijuana cigarette 13. a. punishment or the threat of punishment used to force compliance or cooperation choosing between the carrot and the ~ b. British criticism, abuse • ~like adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1937 to hit or propel (as a hockey puck) with a ~ III. verb (stuck; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English stikken, from Old English stician; akin to Old High German ~en to prick, Latin instigare to urge on, goad, Greek stizein to tattoo Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. 1 a a short slender branch or length of wood broken or cut from a tree. b this trimmed for use as a support or weapon. 2 a thin rod or spike of wood etc. for a particular purpose (cocktail stick). 3 a an implement used to propel the ball in hockey or polo etc. b (in pl.) the raising of the stick above the shoulder in hockey. 4 a gear lever. 5 a conductor's baton. 6 a a slender piece of a thing, e.g. celery, dynamite, deodorant, etc. b a number of bombs or paratroops released rapidly from aircraft. 7 (often prec. by the) punishment, esp. by beating. 8 colloq. adverse criticism; censure, reproof (took a lot of stick). 9 colloq. a piece of wood as part of a house or furniture (a few sticks of furniture). 10 colloq. a person, esp. one who is dull or unsociable (a funny old stick). 11 (in pl.; prec. by the) colloq. remote rural areas. 12 (in pl.) Austral. sl. goalposts. 13 Naut. sl. a mast or spar. Phrases and idioms stick insect any usu. wingless female insect of the family Phasmidae with a twiglike body. up sticks colloq. go to live elsewhere. Derivatives stickless adj. sticklike adj. Etymology: OE sticca f. WG 2. v. (past and past part. stuck) 1 tr. (foll. by in, into, through) insert or thrust (a thing or its point) (stuck a finger in my eye; stick a pin through it). 2 tr. insert a pointed thing into; stab. 3 tr. & intr. (foll. by in, into, on, etc.) a fix or be fixed on a pointed thing. b fix or be fixed by or as by a pointed end. 4 tr. & intr. fix or become or remain fixed by or as by adhesive etc. (stick a label on it; the label won't stick). 5 intr. endure; make a continued impression (the scene stuck in my mind; the name stuck). 6 intr. lose or be deprived of the power of motion or action through adhesion or jamming or other impediment. 7 colloq. a tr. put in a specified position or place, esp. quickly or haphazardly (stick them down anywhere). b intr. remain in a place (stuck indoors). 8 colloq. a intr. (of an accusation etc.) be convincing or regarded as valid (could not make the charges stick). b tr. (foll. by on)...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) стержень; шток 2) прут; пруток 3) рукоятка; ручка; возд. ручка управления 4) управлять; пилотировать 5) рукоять (ковша экскаватора) 6) мор. мачта 7) эл. шест; штанга 8) абразивный инструмент 9) рычаг управления коробкой передач 10) бревно, мн. ч. балансы 11) электрон. пенал (сортировщика) 12) вчт. ошибка-типа "постоянный" ["константный"] 0 или "постоянная" ["константная"] 1; проф. зависание в 0 или в 1 13) полигр. верстатка 14) клеевой бульон 15) пищ. бастун, сушильная жердь 16) (переносная) пожарная лестница 17) застревать; заедать 18) слипаться; прилипать; залипаться 19) прихватывать (бурильную колонну, долото) 20) метал. привариваться (о заправочной массе) 21) сварка примерзать (об электродах) 22) пригорать; спекаться (о контактах) 23) закалывать (скот) - abrasive stick - bag boom sticks - burnishing stick - buzz stick - control stick - cosmetic stick - deodorant stick - dipper stick - emery stick - gambrel stick - gate stick - gig stick - hot stick - lipcare stick - picking stick - shaving stick - solder stick - spark stick - sprue stick - takeup stick - welding stick ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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стержень; пруток; шток рукоятка, ручка рукоять (экскаватора) шест, штанга рычаг управления ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) брусок 2) заедать 3) застревать 4) набойник 5) навязнуть 6) налипать 7) палка 8) прикипать 9) приклеиваться 10) прилипать 11) рычаг 12) стержень 13) уткнуть 14) черенковый dip stick insert tube — компьют. отверстие для масломерной линейки - abrasive stick - candy stick - composing stick - control stick - cyclic stick - dip stick - measuring stick - piling stick - pressure stick - soldering stick - stick back - stick circuit - stick drawing - stick electrode - stick force - stick lasting - stick model - stick relay - stick thermometer ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1) прут 2) бот. ветка; черешок 3) клейкость, липкость; приклеиваться, прилипать, липнуть – walking stick ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. палка, палочка fencing stick —- фехтовальная палка the house went to sticks and staves —- дом совершенно развалился not a stick or stone remained of the house —- от дома не осталось и следа 2. палка, трость; стек, посох 3. жезл 4. (обыкн. the stick) разг. порка this boy wants the stick —- этому мальчику нужна палка, мальчишку следует высечь 5. подпорка, колышек 6. палочка, брусок, плитка stick of candy —- леденец stick of chocolate —- плитка (плиточка) шоколада stick of chalk —- палочка мела stick of butter —- пачка масла incense sticks —- ароматические палочки (свечки) 7. спица knitting stick —- вязальная спица 8. подсвечник 9. смычок 10. дирижерская палочка 11. спорт. жарг. палка, клюшка stick feint —- финт клюшкой (хоккей) 12. спорт. жарг. бита (бейсбол) 13. удочка 14. pl. лыжные палки stick riding descent —- спуск с помощью палок 15. pl. лыжи 16. спорт. доска для серфинга 17. pl. боковые стойки ворот 18. разг. человек queer stick —- чудак a decent old stick —- порядочный человек good sticks —- добрые люди poor stick —- ничтожество 19. тупица, бревно he is a regular stick on the stage —- на сцене он настоящий истукан 20. pl. разг. предметы (домашней обстановки) we have only a few sticks of furniture —- у нас мало мебели 21. pl. хворост 22. (the sticks) разг. захолустье, глушь 23. ам. ложка коньяка, рома и т. п. в чай или кофе 24. сл. сигарета с...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) палка; прут; трость; стек; колышек; посох; жезл 2) брусок, палочка (сургуча, мыла для бритья и т.п.); stick of chocolate - плитка шоколада; stick of chewing gum - плиточка жевательной резинки 3) веточка, ветка 4) coll. вялый или туповатый человек; тупица; недалекий или косный человек 5) mus. дирижерская палочка 6) (the sticks) pl. amer. coll. захолустье 7) pl.; coll. мебель (обыкн. грубая) 8) tech. рукоятка 9) text. трепало, мяло 10) typ. верстатка 11) naut.; coll. мачта 12) mil. серия бомб to cut ones stick sl. - удрать, улизнуть the big stick - политика силы, политика большой дубинки 2. v. 1) втыкать, вкалывать, вонзать; натыкать, насаживать (на острие); утыкать 2) торчать (тж. stick out) 3) колоть, закалывать; to stick pigs - а) закалывать свиней; б) охотиться на кабанов верхом с копьем 4) coll. класть, ставить, совать 5) приклеивать; наклеивать, расклеивать 6) липнуть; присасываться; приклеиваться; to be stuck with smth. - не иметь возможности отделаться от чего-л.; the envelope wont stick - конверт не заклеивается; the nickname stuck (to him) - прозвище пристало к нему; to stick on (a horse) coll. - крепко сидеть (на лошади) 7) оставаться; to stick at home - торчать дома 8) держаться, придерживаться (to - чего-л.); упорствовать (to - в чем-л.); оставаться верным...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v past tense and past participle stuck 1 »PUSH« T always + adv/prep, intransitive always + adv/prep if a pointed object sticks into something or you stick it into something, it is pushed into it (stick sth in/into/through etc) (They stuck pins in the map to mark enemy positions. | stick in/through etc) (Joe had cactus spines sticking in his finger.) 2 »FIX« to fix something to something else with a sticky substance, or to become fixed to a surface (I can't get this stamp to stick. | stick sth to/in/on etc) (It took hours to stick all these photos in my album.) (It was so hot his shirt was sticking to his back.) 3 »PUT« T always + adv/prep informal to put something somewhere quickly and without thinking carefully; shove1 (2) (stick sth in/on/there etc) (Just stick your coat on that chair.) 4 »DIFFICULT TO MOVE« if something sticks it becomes fixed in one position so that it is difficult to move (This cupboard door keeps sticking.) 5 stick in sb's mind if something sticks in your mind, you remember it very well, especially because it is unusual or interesting (What really sticks in my mind is how sad the woman looked.) 6 stick it T usually in negatives) to continue to deal with a difficult or unpleasant situation (College is harder than I thought, I don't think I can stick it much longer.) 7 make sth stick informal to prove that someone is guilty (The police won't bring the case to court because they don't think they can make the charges stick.) 8 you/they can stick sth spoken used to say angrily that you do not want what someone is offering you (You can stick your job if you won't pay me more than that!) 9 be stuck fast to be fixed in one position and unable to move (His arm was stuck fast in the drainpipe.) 10 stick fast to a belief/idea etc to continue to believe something although it may be difficult (Through it all Stella has stuck fast to her belief in the Communist system.) 11 be stuck for spoken to be unable to think or to find something that you need to have (If you're stuck for a...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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