Adjective sticking out has 1 sense
- 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)
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Verb stick out has 3 senses
- stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project - extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- leap out, jump out, jump, stand out, stick out - be highly noticeable
--2 is one way to look, appear, seem
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
It ----s that CLAUSE
- digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
--3 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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