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  • 11stick out — *bulge, jut, protuberate, protrude, project, overhang, beetle Analogous words: *extend, prolong, elongate, lengthen: *expand, swell, distend: obtrude (see INTRUDE) stiff adj Stiff, rigid, inflexible, tense, stark, wooden can mean so firm, hard,… …

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  • 12stick|le|back — «STIHK uhl BAK», noun, plural backs or (collectively) back. a small, scaleless fish with a row of sharp spines on its back. The male builds an elaborate nest for the eggs. Sticklebacks comprise a family of fishes. ╂[Middle English stykylbak <… …

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  • 13stick — stick1 [ stık ] (past tense and past participle stuck [ stʌk ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 attach something to something ▸ 2 put quickly & carelessly ▸ 3 push something long into something ▸ 4 become difficult to move ▸ 5 when name is accepted ▸ 6 in card… …

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  • 14stick — I UK [stɪk] / US verb Word forms stick : present tense I/you/we/they stick he/she/it sticks present participle sticking past tense stuck UK [stʌk] / US past participle stuck *** 1) [transitive] to push something long and thin into or through… …

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  • 15stick — {{11}}stick (n.) O.E. sticca rod, twig, spoon, from P.Gmc. *stikkon pierce, prick (Cf. O.N. stik, O.H.G. stehho, Ger. Stecken stick, staff ), from PIE *steig (see STICK (Cf. stick) (v.)). Meaning staff used in a game is from 1670s (originally… …

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  • 16stick — stick1 noun 1》 a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.     ↘a stick used for support in walking or as a weapon.     ↘(the sticks) informal goalposts or cricket stumps.     ↘Nautical, archaic a mast or spar. 2》 (in hockey,… …

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  • 17stick*/*/*/ — [stɪk] (past tense and past participle stuck [stʌk] ) verb I 1) [T] to push something that is long and thin into or through something else He stuck the end of the post in the ground.[/ex] a piece of cloth with a pin stuck through it[/ex] 2) [I]… …

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  • 18Sharp-shinned Hawk — Taxobox name = Sharp shinned Hawk status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image caption = Sharp shinned Hawk (nominate group). regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Falconiformes familia = Accipitridae genus = Accipiter species …

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  • 19stick — 1. n. a baseball bat. (Baseball.) □ He started to run and tripped over the stick. □ He holds the stick up higher than most batters. 2. n. a pool cue. □ He drew the stick back slowly, sighted again, and gave the cue ball a sharp knock …

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  • 20stick — I n 1. branch, limb, stem, bough, spray, switch, twig; shoot, sprout, runner, tendril, scion. 2. kindling, fagot, tinder; firewood, brush, brushwood, driftwood. 3. rod, wand, baton, staff, pike, pole; scepter, crosier, crook, standard, caduceus;… …

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