STICKING Synonyms

• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

• make by cutting into

• come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

• fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

• come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

• to remain emotionally or intellectually attached

• hold on tightly or tenaciously

• a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

• a game that tests your ingenuity

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide

• not act or do anything

• be available or ready for a certain function or service

• be loyal to

• be loyal to

• dwell

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• united as if by glue

• string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)

• clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.

• affect with wonder

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

• restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)

• a regular route for a sentry or policeman

• the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

• a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

• a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

• the sound of stroke or blow

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• a regular rate of repetition

• a stroke or blow

• the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

• very tired

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

• hit repeatedly

• move rhythmically

• shape by beating

• make a rhythmic sound

• glare or strike with great intensity

• move with a thrashing motion

• sail with much tacking or with difficulty

• stir vigorously

• strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

• be superior

• avoid paying

• make a sound like a clock or a timer

• move with a flapping motion

• indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

• make by pounding or trampling

• produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

• strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

• beat through cleverness and wit

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• wear out completely

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• cause to be confused emotionally

• something that hinders as if with bonds

• stick to firmly

• create social or emotional ties

• make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope

• wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

• secure with or as if with ropes

• bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

• provide with a binding

• fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

• form a chemical bond with

• cause to be constipated

• United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)

• an electrical force linking atoms

• British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

• a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal

• a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

• (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

• a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

• a connection that fastens things together

• a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents

• the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

• stick to firmly

• create social or emotional ties

• issue bonds on

• bring together in a common cause or emotion

• come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

• cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole

• have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results

• cause to adhere

• stick together

• the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

• matter that has been deposited by some natural process

• the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

• money deposited in a bank or some similar institution

• a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later

• money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use

• a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met

• a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

• the act of putting something somewhere

• put, fix, force, or implant

• put into a bank account

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• the act of pausing uncertainly

• be unsure or weak

• move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

• walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly

• speak haltingly

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

• the act of putting something in working order again

• an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear

• a determination of the place where something is

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

• cause to be firmly attached

• decide upon or fix definitely

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• take vengeance on or get even

• set or place definitely

• kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

• make fixed, stable or stationary

• make infertile

• influence an event or its outcome by illegal means

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• to be about to do something