STICK

 SUSTANTIVO

a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut from a tree.

"Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers."

Sinónimos: piece of wood, twig, small branch; cane, pole, post, stake, upright

a thin piece of wood that has been trimmed for a particular purpose, in particular.

Something resembling or likened to a stick, in particular.

A Threat of punishment or unwelcome measures (often contrasted with the offer of reward as a means of persuasion).

"training that relies more on the carrot than on the stick"

rural areas far from cities.

"a small, dusty town out in the sticks"

a person of a specified kind.

"Janet's not such a bad old stick sometimes"

VERBO

push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

"he stuck his fork into the sausage"

Sinónimos: thrust, push, insert, jab, poke, dig, plunge

adhere or cling to a substance or surface.

"the plastic seats stuck to my skin"

SINÓNIMOS: adhere, cling, be fixed, be glued

be fixed in a particular position or unable to move or be moved.

"Sara tried to open the window but it was stuck"

accept or tolerate (an unpleasant or unwelcome person or situation).

"I can't stick Geoffrey—he's a real old misery"

SINÓNIMOS

SUSTANTIVO

piece of wood, walking stick, cane, club, reefer, peg, joystick

piece of wood, twig, small branch

walking stick, cane, staff, alpenstock, crook, crutch

cane, pole, post, stake, upright

club, cudgel, bludgeon, shillelagh, truncheon, baton, cane, birch, switch, rod

reefer, spliff, joint

peg, pin

joystick, control stick

VERBO

thrust, pierce, adhere, affix, become trapped, remain, be upheld, put (down), nonplus, lodge, stick by, bond, sting, stick around

thrust, push, insert, jab, poke, dig, plunge

pierce, penetrate, puncture, prick, stab

adhere, cling, be fixed, be glued

affix, attach, fasten, fix, paste, glue, gum, tape, Scotch-tape, pin, tack

become trapped, become jammed, jam, catch, become wedged, become lodged, become fixed, become embedded

remain, stay, linger, dwell, persist, continue, last, endure, burn

be upheld, hold, be believed, hold water

put (down), place, set (down), lay (down), deposit, position, leave, stow, dump, park, pop, plunk

nonplus, get, baffle, bewilder, puzzle, perplex, amaze, dumbfound, beat, flummox, mystify, gravel, vex, pose, stupefy

lodge, wedge, deposit

adhere, cleave, cohere, cling

stick by, stand by, adhere

bond, adhere, stick to, bind, hold fast

sting

adhere

stick around, stay, stay put

EJEMPLOS

- We got quite a lot of stick when we first moved there. / Conseguimos un buen montón de palo cuando nos trasladamos allí.

- His front teeth stick out / sus dientes delanteros sobresalen

- A stick of heavily armed guards / un palo de guardias fuertemente armados

- Without measuring, Madeline got out a bowl and added lots of yeast, plus flour, sugar, a stick or so of butter, and quite a few eggs. / Sin medir, Madeline sacó un cuenco y añade una gran cantidad de levadura, además de la harina, el azúcar, un palo o algo así de la mantequilla, y un buen número de huevos.

- If he has to go side to side real quick, he doesn't stack the pads as much as he uses the glove hand or his blocker and stick. /Si tiene que ir de lado a lado muy rápido, no apilar las almohadillas tanto como él usa el guante o su bloqueador y el palo.

- One stick controls Max's aim, while the other makes Max move. / Un palo controla objetivo de Max, mientras que el otro movimiento Max.

- They come in for a lot of stick , but we will rely heavily on their courage and independence in the coming weeks. / Vienen en una gran cantidad de memoria, pero vamos a depender en gran medida de su valor y la independencia en las próximas semanas.

- Obviously the manager gets stick , rightly or wrongly, but that's just the way football is. / Obviamente, el gerente se pegue, con o sin razón, pero eso es sólo la forma en que el fútbol es.

- Before she had a chance to sip away she was herself attacked by the supply ship's escorts and supporting aircraft, at least one of which dropped a stick of bombs. / Antes de que tuviera la oportunidad de tomar distancia ella misma era atacado por escoltas de la nave de suministro y aeronaves de apoyo, al menos, uno de los cuales abandonaron un palo de bombas.

- He was in New York to welcome the new millennium, but he traveled without his skates and stick. / Él se encontraba en Nueva York para dar la bienvenida al nuevo milenio, pero viajó sin sus patines y palo.

- He pushed harder until he was able to push it open to stick his head through and saw Kat on the floor in front of the door. / Él empujó con más fuerza hasta que fue capaz de empujarlo abierto a asomar la cabeza y vio a través de Kat en el suelo delante de la puerta.

- There was no television and barely a stick of furniture. / No había televisión y apenas un solo mueble.

- They got darker and bigger and scarier with the puck on his stick and the game on the line. / Tienen más oscura y más grande y aterrador con el disco en su bastón y el juego en la línea.

- They stood it upright with the help of some remnant pieces of wood, took a stick from the bonfire and lit the fuse before standing back and covering their ears. / Estaban de pie en posición vertical con la ayuda de algunas piezas remanentes de madera, tomaron un palo de la hoguera y encendió el fusible antes de pararse atrás y que cubre sus oídos.

- When I made it, I found that one stick of butter wasn't enough. / Cuando lo hice, me di cuenta de que una barra de mantequilla no era suficiente.

- Max was a center who always seemed to have the puck attached to his stick. / Max era un centro que siempre parecía tener el disco unido a su bastón.

- He also walks with a stick and suffers from several health complaints. / También camina con un bastón y padece de varios problemas de salud.

- The evidence against him is probably enough to make charges stick. / Las pruebas contra él es probablemente suficiente para que los cargos se mantengan.

- Before the students take control of the stick , they must spend time getting familiar with situations they may encounter in the sky. / Antes de que los estudiantes tomen el control de la barra, deben dedicar tiempo a familiarizarse con situaciones que pueden encontrar en el cielo.

- May left, she was a stout old stick and I knew she would not say anything. / Puede izquierda, que era un palo viejo valiente y yo sabía que no iba a decir nada.

- I took a lot of stick from the press / Tomé un montón de palo de la prensa

- Then, as the circle of guards got tighter, she realized there was a six-foot long, wood stick lying on the ground, halfway buried in the dirt. /Entonces, como el círculo de guardias llegó con más fuerza, se dio cuenta de que había un niño de seis pies de largo, palo de madera que yace en el suelo, a medio camino enterrada en la tierra.

- The authorities couldn't make the charges stick. / Las autoridades no pudieron hacer que los cargos se pegan

- Pam walked the course in about an hour using a stick for support because just a week ago she underwent an operation to remove her gall bladder. / Pam caminó el curso en una hora usando un palo de apoyo porque hace apenas una semana se sometió a una operación para extirpar su vesícula biliar.

- He was walking with a stick and I thought he looked awful and shouldn't have gone back so soon. / Estaba caminando con un palo y pensé que parecía horrible y no debería haber vuelto tan pronto.

- The new name didn't stick , and it's still referred to as Oxford Park. / El nuevo nombre no se quedó, y todavía se refiere como Oxford Park.

- During the attack the pensioner, who suffers from heart disease and walks with a stick , was pushed to the ground injuring her knee and thumb. / Durante el ataque el pensionista, que sufre de enfermedades del corazón y camina con un palo, fue empujado al suelo hiriendo a su rodilla y el pulgar.

- There was ‘not a light fixture, not a stick of furniture, not a picture’ in the manor when he saw it for the first time in January 1988. / Hubo 'no es un artefacto de iluminación, no un solo mueble, no una imagen' en la mansión cuando lo vio por primera vez en enero de 1988.

- I would have loved to tell Markie to stick his jobs. / Me hubiera encantado decirle a Markie a fijar sus puestos de trabajo.