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Definition of Stick to
1. Verb. Stick to firmly. "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
Specialized synonyms: Bind
Related verbs: Adhere, Cleave, Cling, Cohere, Stick
Generic synonyms: Attach
Derivative terms: Adherent, Adhesion, Adhesive, Binder, Binding, Bond, Bond, Bondable, Holdfast, Sticker
2. Verb. Keep to. "Stick to the diet"
Generic synonyms: Hang In, Hang On, Hold On, Persevere, Persist
Related verbs: Abide By, Comply, Follow
Definition of Stick to
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.) ¹
2. Verb. (&lit stick to) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stick To
Literary usage of Stick to
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... as he rose, to a new home stick to you, and some to t'other side. ... and we
The advantage will be on our side, if we stick to its essentials. ..."
2. The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1859)
"... and choose your forked stick to be of that bigness as may keep the fish or
frog from pulling the forked stick under the water till the pike bites ..."
3. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"Stick, to cheat ; "he got STUCK," he was taken in; "I'm STT common phrase to
express that the speaker has spent or losi money, and can neither play nor pay ..."
4. The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1904)
"... and choose your forked stick to be of that bigness as may keep the fish or
frog from pulling the forked stick under the water till the pike bites; ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"As White stick to the Court of England, I may claim for my genealogical tree-^whence
I was cut by the Norman sword of William—a very distinguished oak still ..."
6. The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1915)
"And choose your forked stick to be of that bigness as may keep the fish or frog
from pulling the forked stick under the water till the Pike bites ; and then ..."
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