stick in WordNet English dictionary

1. stick to firmly
   "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
   adhere  hold fast  bond  bind  stick  stick to 
   
2. 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"
   cling  cleave  adhere  stick  cohere 
   
3. be loyal to
   "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
   stand by  stick by  stick  adhere 
   
4. be a devoted follower or supporter
   "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
   adhere  stick 
   
5. 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"
   perplex  vex  stick  get  puzzle  mystify  baffle  beat  pose  bewilder  flummox  stupefy  nonplus  gravel  amaze  dumbfound 
   
6. put, fix, force, or implant
   "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"
   lodge  wedge  stick  deposit 
   
7. 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!"
   stay  stick  stick around  stay put 
   
8. saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
   "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
   stick  sting 
   
9. pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
   "He stuck the needle into his finger"
   stick 
   
10. pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
    "he stuck the cloth with the needle"
    stick 
    
11. fasten with an adhesive material like glue
    "stick the poster onto the wall"
    stick 
    
12. fasten with or as with pins or nails
    "stick the photo onto the corkboard"
    stick 
    
13. fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
    "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
    stick 
    
14. cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
    "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
    stick 
    
15. endure
    "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
    stick 
    
16. be or become fixed
    "The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
    stick 
    

1. a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
   stick  control stick  joystick 
   
2. marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
   joint  marijuana cigarette  reefer  stick  spliff 
   
3. informal terms for the leg
   "fever left him weak on his sticks"
   pin  peg  stick 
   
4. threat of a penalty
   "the policy so far is all stick and no carrot"
   stick 
   
5. an implement consisting of a length of wood
   "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"
   stick 
   
6. a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
   "cinnamon sticks"; "a stick of dynamite"
   stick 
   
7. a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
   stick 
   
8. a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
   stick 
   
9. a small thin branch of a tree
   stick