stick

I [[t]stik[/t]] past tense, past participle - stuck; verb

1) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) enfoncer

2) ((of something pointed) to be pushed into or through something: Two arrows were sticking in his back.) transpercer

3) (to fasten or be fastened (by glue, gum etc): He licked the flap of the envelope and stuck it down; These labels don't stick very well; He stuck (the broken pieces of) the vase together again; His brothers used to call him Bonzo and the name has stuck.) coller

4) (to (cause to) become fixed and unable to move or progress: The car stuck in the mud; The cupboard door has stuck; I'll help you with your arithmetic if you're stuck.) se coincer

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- sticker

- sticky - stickily - stickiness - sticking-plaster - stick-in-the-mud - come to a sticky end - stick at - stick by - stick it out - stick out - stick one's neck out - stick to/with - stick together - stick up for II [[t]stik[/t]] noun

1) (a branch or twig from a tree: They were sent to find sticks for firewood.) brindille

2) (a long thin piece of wood etc shaped for a special purpose: She always walks with a stick nowadays; a walking-stick / hockey-stick; a drumstick.) canne; baguette, etc.

3) (a long piece: a stick of rhubarb.) tige

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- get hold of the wrong end of the stick

- get the wrong end of the stick

English-French dictionary. 2014.