Stick
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To strike someone with a stick To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint. To glue; to adhere. To become attached; to adhere. To jam; to stop moving. See to stick with. To persist. Of snow, to remain frozen on landing. To remain loyal; to remain firm. To place, set down (quickly or carelessly). To press into with a sharp point. To perform (a landing) perfectly. To propagate plants by cuttings.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A small branch from a tree or bush. A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size. A two by four, the standard board used in constructing a frame house. Any roughly cylindrical piece of a substance. A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick. A small rectangular block of shortening (butter, margarine, lard, etc.) in weighing one quarter pound and containing by volume one half cup. A standard rectangular piece of chewing gum. A cane or walking stick to aid in walking. A cudgel or truncheon, especially one carried by police or guards. A negative stimulus or a punishment. A piece of furniture. A manual transmission or vehicle equipped with a manual transmission. Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions. Criticism or ridicule. A line of soldiers. A memory stick. A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse. The short whip carried by a jockey. A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard. The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton. An assistant planted in the audience. A composing stick, the tool used by compositors to assemble lines of type. The control column of an aircraft. By convention a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to that used in automobiles, is also called the "stick". Use of the stick to control the aircraft. A fighter pilot. The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint. A cluster of bombs dropped in quick succession from an aircraft in order to spread them over a target area. A group of paratroopers who jump together. A scroll that is rolled around (mounted on, attached to) a stick. A quantity of eels, usually 25. An English Imperial unit of length equal to 2 inches. Corporal punishment; beatings. Vigorous driving of a car; gas. Vigor; spirit. A thin person; particularly a flat-chested woman. An unsocial person, particularly one who is either withdrawn or stuck-up. A person having the stated quality. A cigarette of tobacco or marijuana. Approximately one gram of marijuana wrapped in a small cylinder of aluminium foil. The clarinet. The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc. The game of pool, or an individual pool game. The traction of tires on the road surface. The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
Example sentence: The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.
Cleave
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To split or sever something or as if with a sharp instrument.To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting: cleave a path through the ice.To pierce or penetrate.To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto.To be faithful.