'Sticking' definitions:
Definition of 'sticking'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking(p), sticking out(p)]
Definition of 'Sticking'
From: GCIDE
- Sticking \Stick"ing\, a. & n. from Stick, v. [1913 Webster]
- Sticking piece, a piece of beef cut from the neck. [Eng.]
- Sticking place, the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point. [1913 Webster]
- But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Sticking plaster, an adhesive plaster for closing wounds, and for similar uses.
- Sticking point. Same as Sticking place, above. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sticking'
From: GCIDE
- Stick \Stick\, v. t. [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, n., 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. [1913 Webster]
- And sticked him with bodkins anon. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger. [1913 Webster]
- Thou stickest a dagger in me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- My shroud of white, stuck all with yew. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The points of spears are stuck within the shield. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Print.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Joinery) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck. [1913 Webster]
- 10. To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 11. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- To stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render prominent. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Sticking'
- Stick,
- Sticked,
- Stickful,
- Stickfuls,
- To stick by,
- To stick out,
- To stick to,
- To stick up,
- To stick up for,
- stick about,
- stick at,
- stick by,
- stick in,
- stick it out,
- stick on,
- stick out,
- stick to,
- stick up,
- stick up for,
- stick with,
- sticking out,
- sticks,
- A stick of eels,
- Buff stick,
- Composing stick,
- Foot stick,
- Gum stick,
- Gutter stick,
- Joss stick,
- Mesh stick,
- Message stick,
- Proof stick,
- Rack stick,
- Shooting stick,
- Silver stick,
- Size stick,
- Stick chimney,
- Stick insect,
- Sticking piece,
- Sticking place,
- Sticking plaster,
- Sticking point,
- Sword stick,
- Throwing stick,
- To cut stick,
- To stick upon,
- Walking stick,
- big stick,
- carrot stick,
- celery stick,
- control stick,
- cue stick,
- fencing stick,
- fish stick,
- hockey stick,
- licorice stick,
- measuring stick,
- pogo stick,
- polo stick,
- pool stick,
- rain stick,
- stick around,
- stick cinnamon,
- stick figure,
- stick horse,
- stick lac,
- stick shift,
- stick together,
- stick-on,
- sticks and stone,
- swagger stick,
- swizzle stick,
- throw stick,
- Pig-sticking,
- Poking-stick,
- Stick-lac,
- Stick-seed,
- To cut one's stick,
- To stick in one's gizzard,
- bread-stick,
- devil's walking stick,
- mahl-stick,
- maul-stick,
- non-stick,
- stick-in-the-mud,
- stick-tight,
- stick-tight flea,
- fogyish mossgrown mossy stick-in-the-mudprenominal stodgy old-fashioned