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Definition of Stick together
1. Verb. Be loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble. "The two families stuck together throughout the war"
Definition of Stick together
1. Verb. (context: intransitive of two or objects) To physically combine by adhesion. ¹
2. Verb. (context: idiomatic intransitive) To unite, to combine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stick Together
Literary usage of Stick together
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1916)
"As we have often said, if the profession would stick together and insist, not
merely their rights, but upon what is really decent in the premises, ..."
2. The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced from an by William Churchill (1911)
"Maori: piri, to stick; pipiri, to be close together. Tahiti: piri, to be squeezed
or confined close. Rarotonga: piri, to stick together; ..."
3. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"Hawaiian —pili, to coincide, to agree with, as boards jointed ; united ; joining ;
to cleave, to stick together: Ke pili nei kuu iwi i ko'u Hi a me ..."
4. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1890)
"The individual beasts do not stick together, for all that they wear the same brand.
... The beasts stick together by sticking severally to him. ..."
5. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1890)
"Relation to this entity is what makes the self s constituents stick together as
they do for thought The individual beasts do not stick together, ..."
6. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1918)
"The individual beasts do not stick together, for all that they wear ... The beasts
stick together by sticking severally to him. ..."
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