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Search "stick" in: stickEntry Word: stick Function: verb Meaning: 1 to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion <those magnets are strong enough to stick well to the refrigerator> Synonyms adhere, cleave, cling, hew Related Words bind, cohere, fasten, fuse, glue, unite Near Antonyms loosen; drop, fall 2 to arrange something in a certain spot or position <you can stick that box in the corner until I figure out where to put everything> — see place 1 3 to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object <could hardly feel the needle when the nurse stuck me with it> — see impale 4 to rob by the use of trickery or threats <keeps getting stuck by guys who promise to pay him for the yard work and never do> — see fleece
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