- jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, sticking, sticking out - extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
Antonym: intrusive (indirect, via protrusive)
- lodge, wedge, stick, deposit - fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"
--1 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentence:
They stick the books into the box
- stay, stick, stick around, stay put - 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!"
--2 is one way to stay in place
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- stick, put forward - 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"
--3 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
- adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to - stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
--4 is one way to attach
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun sticker2
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- stick - be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
--5 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- stick - endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
--6 is one way to persist, remain, stay
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- adhere, stick - be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
--7 is one way to adopt, follow, espouse
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- stand by, stick by, stick, adhere - be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
--8 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s something PP
- stick - cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
--9 is one way to decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- stick - fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall"
--10 is one way to fasten
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- stick - fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard"
--11 is one way to fasten
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- stick - fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
--12 is one way to fasten
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- stick - pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck the cloth with the needle"
--13 is one way to pierce, thrust
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun sticker1, noun sticker4
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- stick - pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He stuck the needle into his finger"
--14 is one way to pierce, thrust
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun sticker4
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere - 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"
--15 is one way to touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- stick, sting - saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
--16 is one way to force, thrust
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
- perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - 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"
--17 is one way to confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- stick - endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"