sticks Sentence Examples
- The children played with sticks, drawing shapes in the dirt.
- The hikers used sticks as makeshift walking sticks.
- The artist carefully glued together sticks to create a unique sculpture.
- The matchmaker struck the sticks together to light a fire.
- The dog chased after the sticks thrown by its owner.
- The archer nocked an arrow onto his bow and aimed at the target with a steady hand, holding the bow with his left hand and the arrow with his right.
- The carpenter used sharp sticks to create mortise and tenon joints in the wooden frame.
- The lightning struck a tall tree, sending burning sticks flying into the air.
- The sticks of incense burned slowly, releasing a pleasant aroma into the room.
- The students assembled sticks into a makeshift bridge across a small stream.
sticks Meaning
sticks
a long slender piece of wood or metal, a marijuana cigarette, to stab with something pointed, to become blocked, wedged, or jammed, to make oneself vulnerable by taking a risk, a person entitled to bear such a baton, a usually dry or dead severed shoot, twig, or slender branch, delay, stop, person, chap, mast entry 1 sense 1, project, protrude, a cut or broken branch or piece of wood gathered for fuel or construction material, to halt the movement or action of, a baton symbolizing an office or dignity, to remain effective, baffle entry 1 sense 1, stump, a piece of the materials composing something (such as a building), an airplane lever operating the elevators and ailerons, to push out, up, or under, a piece of furniture, to remain in a place, situation, or environment, a number of parachutists dropping together, criticism, abuse, cheat, defraud, to hold fast or adhere resolutely, an herbaceous stalk resembling a woody stick, a person who is dull or lifeless, to attach by or as if by causing to adhere to a surface, something like a stick in shape or use, to cling to a surface, composing stick, a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub, any of various implements resembling a stick in shape, origin, or use, to execute (a landing) flawlessly in gymnastics, push, thrust, punishment or the threat of punishment used to force compliance or cooperation, a dull, inert, stiff, or spiritless person, the gearshift lever of an automobile, to become blocked or jammed, to push or thrust so as or as if to pierce, to become fixed in place by or as if by gluing, balk, scruple, a club or staff used as a weapon, something prepared in a long and slender form, infatuated with, walking stick, a cut or broken branch of twig especially when dry and dead, to become fast by or as if by miring or by gluing or plastering, to hold to something firmly by or as if by adhesion, something used to force compliance, yard entry 1 sense 4, adhesive quality or substance, remote usually rural districts regarded especially as backward, dull, or unsophisticated, baffle, stump, to bring to a halt, to fasten by pushing in, to put or set in a specified place or position, to cause to penetrate, to be unable to proceed (as through fear or conscience), to maintain one's position especially in face of opposition, something prepared (as by cutting, molding, or rolling) in a relatively long and slender often cylindrical form, something used for striking or moving an object in a game, walking stick sense 1, to fasten by thrusting in, to find oneself baffled, to be unable to proceed, to compel to pay especially by trickery, a thrust with a pointed instrument, to pierce with something pointed, to furnish with things fastened on by or as if by piercing, an implement used for striking or propelling an object in a game, overcharge, a number of bombs arranged for release from a bombing plane in a series across a target, to irritate, nag at, or obsess one, to keep close in a chase or competition, to become fixed in place by means of a pointed end, impediment, cheat entry 1 sense 1, defraud, to kill by piercing, to hit or propel (something, such as a hockey puck) with a stick, remote usually rural districts, impale, to saddle with something disadvantageous or disagreeable, to burden with something disagreeable, to hold to something tightly, to treat harshly or unfairly
Synonyms & Antonyms of sticks
FAQs About the word sticks
a long slender piece of wood or metal, a marijuana cigarette, to stab with something pointed, to become blocked, wedged, or jammed, to make oneself vulnerable b
countryside, nowhere, country, bush, wilderness,boondocks, middle of nowhere, boonies, backcountry, backwater
urban sprawl,megalopolis,conurbation
The children played with sticks, drawing shapes in the dirt.
The hikers used sticks as makeshift walking sticks.
The artist carefully glued together sticks to create a unique sculpture.
The matchmaker struck the sticks together to light a fire.
