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noun
- 1. a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree. Similar
- 2. a long, thin piece of something: "a stick of dynamite"
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noun. a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off. a relatively long and slender piece of wood. a long piece of wood for use as fuel, in carpentry, etc. a rod or wand. a baton. Chiefly British. a walking stick or cane. a club or cudgel. something that serves to goad or coerce: Compare carrot ( def 3 ).
A stick is a long slender piece of wood, especially a branch or a wand. It can also mean a group of bombs, a piece of furniture, or a slang term for marijuana.
[transitive, intransitive] to push something, usually a sharp object, into something; to be pushed into something. stick something + adv./prep. The nurse stuck the needle into my arm. Don't stick your fingers through the bars of the cage. + adv./prep. I found a nail sticking in the tyre. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. put.
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. She stuck a knife into the plastic wrapping. [ V n + in/into/through ]
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