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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stick \Stick\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Stuck}(Obs. {Sticked}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sticking}.] [OE. stikien, v.t. & i., combined with steken, whence E. stuck), AS. stician, v.t. & i., and (assumed) stecan, v.t.; akin to OFries. steka, OS. stekan, OHG. stehhan, G. stechen, and to Gr. ? to prick, Skr. tij to be sharp. Cf. {Distinguish}, {Etiquette}, {Extinct}, {Instigate}, {Instinct}, {Prestige}, {Stake}, {Steak}, {Stick}, noun, {Stigma}, {Stimulate}, {Sting}, {Stitch} in sewing, {Style} for or in writing.]
1. To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
And sticked him with bodkins anon. --Chaucer.
It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
Thou stickest a dagger in me. --Shak.
3. To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
My shroud of white, stuck all with yew. --Shak.
The points of spears are stuck within the shield. --Dryden.
4. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
5. To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
6. To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork.
7. To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner.
8. (Print.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type. [Cant]
9. (Joinery) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck.
10. To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.]
11. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat. [Slang]
{To stick out}, to cause to project or protrude; to render prominent.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stuck \Stuck\, imp. & p. p. of {Stick}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stuck \Stuck\, noun [Cf. 1st {Stoccado}.] A thrust. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stick
noun
1: implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"
2: a small thin branch of a tree
3: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane [syn: {control stick}, {joystick}]
4: informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" [syn: {pin}, {peg}]
5: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn: {joint}, {marijuana cigarette}, {reefer}, {spliff}]
6: threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot"
verb
1: fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" [syn: {lodge}, {wedge}, {deposit}] [ant: {dislodge}]
2: stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" [syn: {stay}, {stick around}, {stay put}] [ant: {move}]
3: cause to protrude or as if to protrude; "stick one's hand out of the window"; "stick one's nose into other people's business" [syn: {put forward}]
4: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" [syn: {adhere}, {hold fast}, {bond}, {bind}, {stick to}]
5: be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
6: endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
7: be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles" [syn: {adhere}]
8: be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war" [syn: {stand by}, {stick by}, {adhere}]
9: cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
10: fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall"
11: fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard"
12: fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
13: pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck the cloth with the needle"
14: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He stuck the needle into his finger"
15: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" [syn: {cling}, {cleave}, {adhere}, {cohere}]
16: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" [syn: {sting}]
17: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" [syn: {perplex}, {vex}, {get}, {puzzle}, {mystify}, {baffle}, {beat}, {pose}, {bewilder}, {flummox}, {stupefy}, {nonplus}, {gravel}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}] [also: {stuck}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stuck
adjective
1: caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud" [ant: {unstuck}]
2: baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stuck See {stick}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "stuck": addled, adhering, agglutinate, aground, anchored, at a loss, at a nonplus, at a stand, at a standstill, at an impasse, baffled, bamboozled, beat, bewildered, bonded, buffaloed, castaway, caught, cemented, chained, cleaving, clinging, close, coherent, cohering, cohesive, confounded, dazed, fast, fastened, firm, fixed, floored, foundered, fuddled, glued, grounded, held, high and dry, holding together, impacted, in a dilemma, in suspense, inextricable, jammed, licked, marooned, moored, muddled, mystified, nonplussed, on tenterhooks, on the rocks, packed, perplexed, puzzled, secure, set, set fast, shipwrecked, sticking, stranded, stuck fast, stumped, swamped, taped, tethered, thrown, tied, tight, transfixed, wedged, wrecked
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