Synonyms: stick
Definition: threat of a penalty
Usage: the policy so far is all stick and no carrot
Similar words: punishment, penalisation, penalization, penalty
Definition: the act of punishing
Synonyms: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, stick
Definition: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
Similar words: cigaret, cigarette, butt, coffin nail, fag
Definition: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
Synonyms: stick
Definition: an implement consisting of a length of wood
Usage: he collected dry sticks for a campfire; the kid had a candied apple on a stick
Similar words: implement
Definition: instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
Synonyms: stick
Definition: a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
Usage: cinnamon sticks; a stick of dynamite
Similar words: implement
Definition: instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
Synonyms: stick, joystick, control stick
Definition: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
Similar words: lever
Definition: a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
Synonyms: stick
Definition: a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
Similar words: sports equipment
Definition: equipment needed to participate in a particular sport
Definition: informal terms for the leg
Usage: fever left him weak on his sticks
Similar words: leg
Definition: a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
Synonyms: stick
Definition: a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
Similar words: margarin, margarine, marge, oleo, oleomargarine
Definition: a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
Similar words: butter
Definition: an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
Synonyms: stick
Definition: a small thin branch of a tree
Similar words: tree branch, limb
Definition: any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
Synonyms: dumbfound, bewilder, baffle, beat, amaze, puzzle, pose, mystify, nonplus, perplex, stick, stupefy, flummox, gravel, get, vex
Definition: be a mystery or bewildering to
Usage: This beats me!; Got me--I don't know the answer!; a vexing problem; This question really stuck me
Similar words: throw, bedevil, befuddle, discombobulate, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle
Definition: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Usage: These questions confuse even the experts; This question completely threw me; This question befuddled even the teacher
Definition: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
Usage: They stuck me with the dinner bill; I was stung with a huge tax bill
Definition: impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
Usage: She forced her diet fads on him
Synonyms: stick, adhere, cleave, cling, cohere
Definition: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
Usage: The dress clings to her body; The label stuck to the box; The sushi rice grains cohere
Similar words: touch, adjoin, contact, meet
Definition: be in direct physical contact with; make contact
Usage: The two buildings touch; Their hands touched; The wire must not contact the metal cover; The surfaces contact at this point
Synonyms: stick, stick to, hold fast, bond, bind, adhere
Definition: stick to firmly
Usage: Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?
Similar words: attach
Definition: become attached
Usage: The spider's thread attached to the window sill
Synonyms: stick
Definition: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
Usage: He stuck the needle into his finger
Synonyms: stick
Definition: pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
Usage: he stuck the cloth with the needle
Synonyms: stick, deposit, wedge, lodge
Definition: put, fix, force, or implant
Usage: lodge a bullet in the table; stick your thumb in the crack
Similar words: fix, fasten, secure
Definition: cause to be firmly attached
Usage: fasten the lock onto the door; she fixed her gaze on the man
Synonyms: stick
Definition: fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
Usage: stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress
Synonyms: stick
Definition: fasten with or as with pins or nails
Usage: stick the photo onto the corkboard
Synonyms: stick
Definition: fasten with an adhesive material like glue
Usage: stick the poster onto the wall
Synonyms: stick
Definition: cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
Usage: stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it
Similar words: embellish, decorate, beautify, adorn, grace, ornament
Definition: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
Usage: Decorate the room for the party; beautify yourself for the special day
Synonyms: stick, stick around, stay, stay put
Definition: stay put (in a certain place)
Usage: We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati; Stay put in the corner here!; Stick around and you will learn something!
Similar words: stay in place
Definition: be stationary
Synonyms: stand by, stick, stick by, adhere
Definition: be loyal to
Usage: She stood by her husband in times of trouble; The friends stuck together through the war
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Definition: be a devoted follower or supporter
Usage: The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism; She sticks to her principles
Similar words: adopt, espouse, follow
Definition: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
Usage: She followed the feminist movement; The candidate espouses Republican ideals
Synonyms: stick
Definition: endure
Usage: The label stuck to her for the rest of her life
Similar words: remain, stay, persist
Definition: stay behind
Usage: The smell stayed in the room; The hostility remained long after they made up
Synonyms: stick
Definition: be or become fixed
Usage: The door sticks--we will have to plane it
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer