stick – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of stick

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to stick to sth
Participle: stuck to sth
Gerund: sticking to sth

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of stick

Indicative

Present

Istick to sth
youstick to sth
he;she;itsticks to sth
westick to sth
youstick to sth
theystick to sth

Perfect

Ihave stuck to sth
youhave stuck to sth
he;she;ithas stuck to sth
wehave stuck to sth
youhave stuck to sth
theyhave stuck to sth

Past

Istuck to sth
youstuck to sth
he;she;itstuck to sth
westuck to sth
youstuck to sth
theystuck to sth

Pluperfect

Ihad stuck to sth
youhad stuck to sth
he;she;ithad stuck to sth
wehad stuck to sth
youhad stuck to sth
theyhad stuck to sth

Future

Iwill stick to sth
youwill stick to sth
he;she;itwill stick to sth
wewill stick to sth
youwill stick to sth
theywill stick to sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have stuck to sth
youwill have stuck to sth
he;she;itwill have stuck to sth
wewill have stuck to sth
youwill have stuck to sth
theywill have stuck to sth

Subjunctive

Present

Istick to sth
youstick to sth
he;she;itstick to sth
westick to sth
youstick to sth
theystick to sth

Perfect

Ihave stuck to sth
youhave stuck to sth
he;she;ithave stuck to sth
wehave stuck to sth
youhave stuck to sth
theyhave stuck to sth

Imperfect

Istuck to sth
youstuck to sth
he;she;itstuck to sth
westuck to sth
youstuck to sth
theystuck to sth

Pluperfect

Ihad stuck to sth
youhad stuck to sth
he;she;ithad stuck to sth
wehad stuck to sth
youhad stuck to sth
theyhad stuck to sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould stick to sth
youwould stick to sth
he;she;itwould stick to sth
wewould stick to sth
youwould stick to sth
theywould stick to sth

Perfect

Iwould have stuck to sth
youwould have stuck to sth
he;she;itwould have stuck to sth
wewould have stuck to sth
youwould have stuck to sth
theywould have stuck to sth

Imperative

youstick to sth
weLet's stick to sth
youstick to sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam sticking to sth
youare sticking to sth
he;she;itis sticking to sth
weare sticking to sth
youare sticking to sth
theyare sticking to sth

Perfect

Ihave been sticking to sth
youhave been sticking to sth
he;she;ithas been sticking to sth
wehave been sticking to sth
youhave been sticking to sth
theyhave been sticking to sth

Past

Iwas sticking to sth
youwere sticking to sth
he;she;itwas sticking to sth
wewere sticking to sth
youwere sticking to sth
theywere sticking to sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been sticking to sth
youhad been sticking to sth
he;she;ithad been sticking to sth
wehad been sticking to sth
youhad been sticking to sth
theyhad been sticking to sth

Future

Iwill be sticking to sth
youwill be sticking to sth
he;she;itwill be sticking to sth
wewill be sticking to sth
youwill be sticking to sth
theywill be sticking to sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been sticking to sth
youwill have been sticking to sth
he;she;itwill have been sticking to sth
wewill have been sticking to sth
youwill have been sticking to sth
theywill have been sticking to sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be sticking to sth
youwould be sticking to sth
he;she;itwould be sticking to sth
wewould be sticking to sth
youwould be sticking to sth
theywould be sticking to sth

Perfect

Iwould have been sticking to sth
youwould have been sticking to sth
he;she;itwould have been sticking to sth
wewould have been sticking to sth
youwould have been sticking to sth
theywould have been sticking to sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'stick'

cling, dig, fling, hamstring, sling, slink, stick, sting, string, swing, underdig, unstick, unstring, wring, foind, outfling, overswing, restick, restring, undersling, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'stick'

sick, slick, snick, stack, sticky, stink, stock, tick, bestick, blick,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to tolerate
aby, stomach, tolerate
to have sexual intercourse
bonk, company, dight, ride, roger, shag, copulate, copulate with, tumble
to adhere
adhere
to stop moving
stop
persist
plug, persevere
to hesitate
barcamenarsi, destreggiarsi, essere indeciso, essere titubante, indugiare, nicchiare, peritarsi, prendere tempo, prorogare, temporeggiare, tentennare, tergiversare, esitare, hesitate, titubare, traccheggiare
to engage in sexual intercourse
bang, bauf, beat, boff, boink, bone, bonk, bop, bounce, breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, cohabit, company, copulate, couple, dance, discuss Uganda, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, engender, exchange flesh, expletive deleted, feck, frack, frak, frig, fuck, get busy, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, go all the way, graft the forked tree, haul one's ashes, have it off, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, hump, intercourse, jig-jig, make it, make love, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, mate, meddle, ming, play, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, root, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, share a bed, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, sleep together, tumble, wango tango
to continue to exist
abide, aby, endure, go on, hold on, last, live, persist, remain, stick it out, stick out
to allow something unpleasant to exist or occur
abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, live with, pass, pocket, pouch, put up with, stand, stomach, suffer, swallow, take sitting down, tolerate, thole, undergang, undergo
to become or remain attached
adhere, attach, cleave, cling, conglutinate, stick together, stick with
to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination
boggle, deliberate, demur, falter, hesitate, hover, mammer, scruple, stand shilly-shally, waver
to pierce something with any long, pointed object
empierce, fix, impale, pierce, prick, puncture, run through, stake, transfix, transpierce
to pierce or wound with a pointed tool or weapon
chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, spear, speet, splash, stab, stob, stog, thrust, yerk
pierce
penetrate, puncture, spear, stab, impale, gore, pin, transfix
adhere
cling, hold, cleave, cohere, abide, persist, remain, stay

Antonyms

in blackjack, be dealt another card
stay, twist
adhere
disunite, loosen, separate, unfasten

Additional Information

Cf. Old English weak verb stician (stiocian) .

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-
3. Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂-
4. Proto-Germanic *stikkōną
5. Proto-Germanic *stikkô
6. Proto-West Germanic *stikkō
7. Old English sticca
8. Middle English stikke
9. English stick
10. From Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”), from Old English sticca (“rod, twig”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô (“stick, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stikke (“stick”), West Flemish stik (“stick”), Dutch stek (“spot, place, home”), German Low German Stick (“stick”), German Stecken (“stick”), Danish and Norwegian stikke (“stick”), Swedish sticka (“splinter, needle”). Related to stigma. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Stikke', German, old spelling 'Stecken', Swedish 'sticka'.

Verbs referencing "stick"

Swedish sticka, Greek, Ancient στίζω, Russian стегать.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] three or four chilly stewards were warming their hands; while on either side, extending down its whole dreary length, was a long, long table, over each of which a rack, fixed to the low roof, and stuck full of drinking-glasses and cruet-stands, hinted dismally at rolling seas and heavy weather. I had not at that time seen the ideal presentment of this chamber which has since gratified me so much, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] except my shoes, which are stranded on a carpet-bag, high and dry, like a couple of coal-barges. Suddenly I see them spring into the air, and behold the looking-glass, which is nailed to the wall, sticking fast upon the ceiling. At the same time the door entirely disappears, and a new one is opened in the floor. Then I begin to comprehend that the state-room is standing on its head. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Get along wid ye ! ” said the mother, pushing away their woolly heads. “ Ye'll all stick together, and never get clar, if ye do dat fashion. Go long to de spring and wash yerselves ! ” she said, seconding her exhortations by a slap, which resounded very formidably, but which seemed only [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] an elderly female, in as many scraps of finery as Madge Wildfire herself. Her head in particular was so strewn with scraps of gauze and cotton and bits of paper, and had so many queer odds and ends stuck all about it, that it looked like a bird’s-nest. She was radiant with imaginary jewels; wore a rich pair of undoubted gold spectacles; and gracefully dropped upon her lap, as we approached, a very [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] with which every feature of his face seemed sharpened into sympathy; his thin, long nose, ran out as if it was eager to bore into the nature of things in general; his sleek, thin, black hair was stuck eagerly forward, and all his motions and evolutions expressed a dry, cautious acuteness. The great man poured out a big tumbler half full of raw spirits, and gulped it down without a word. The [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] of trouble to ’ em; one would think, now, they'd be glad to get clar on ’ em; but they ar n't. And the more trouble a young un is, and the more good for nothing, as a gen’l thing, the tighter they sticks to ’ em. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] this open space, like something meteoric that has fallen down from the moon, is an odd, lop-sided, one-eyed kind of wooden building, that looks like a church, with a flag-staff as long as itself sticking out of a steeple something larger than a tea-chest. Under the window is a small stand of coaches, whose slave-drivers are sunning themselves on the steps of our door, and talking idly together. [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • One young gentleman (a very delicate porker with several straws sticking about his nose, betokening recent investigations in a dung-hill ) was walking deliberately on, profoundly thinking, when suddenly his brother, who was lying in a miry hole unseen by him, rose up [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] in America, had its large dining-room for the public table. It was an odd, shambling, low-roofed out-house, half-cowshed and half-kitchen, with a coarse brown canvas table-cloth, and tin sconces stuck against the walls, to hold candles at supper-time. The horseman had gone forward to have coffee and some eatables prepared, and they were by this time nearly ready. He had ordered ‘wheat-bread and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • There sat Tom, on a little mossy seat in the court, every one of his button-holes stuck full of cape jessamines, and Eva, gayly laughing, was hanging a wreath of roses round his neck; and then she sat down on his knee, like a chip-sparrow, still laughing. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • ♪ Look hard, for sure you are stuck Reach out and just try your luck ♪ (Magudam)
  • ♪ Shall I bid your immoral life goodbye? ♪ ♪ Look... look out there Open your eyes wide and stare ♪ ♪ Look hard, for sure you 're stuck Reach out and just try your luck ♪ (Magudam)