Stick, n. [OE. sticke, AS. sticca; akin to stician to stab, prick, pierce, G. stecken a stick, staff, OHG. steccho, Icel. stik a stick. See Stick, v. t..].

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber. [1913 Webster]
"Withered sticks to gather, which might serve
Against a winter's day." [1913 Webster]
Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick. [1913 Webster]
Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax. [1913 Webster]
A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick. [1913 Webster]
A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used. [1913 Webster]
A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. [1913 Webster]

A stick of eels, twenty-five eels. [Prov. Eng.] -- Stick chimney, a chimney made of sticks laid crosswise, and cemented with clay or mud, as in some log houses. [U.S.] -- Stick insect, (Zoöl.), any one of various species of wingless orthopterous insects of the family Phasmidæ, which have a long round body, resembling a stick in form and color, and long legs, which are often held rigidly in such positions as to make them resemble small twigs. They thus imitate the branches and twigs of the trees on which they live. The common American species is Diapheromera femorata. Some of the Asiatic species are more than a foot long. -- To cut one's stick, or To cut stick, to run away. [Slang] De Quincey.

Stick, v. t. [OE. stikien, v.t. & i., combined with steken, whence E. stuck), AS. stician, v.t. & i., and (assumed) stecan, v.t.; akin to OFries. steka, OS. stekan, OHG. stehhan, G. stechen, and to Gr. to prick, Skr. tij to be sharp. Cf. Distinguish, Etiquette, Extinct, Instigate, Instinct, Prestige, Stake, Steak, Stick, n., Stigma, Stimulate, Sting, Stitch in sewing, Style for or in writing.].

To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast. [1913 Webster]
"And sticked him with bodkins anon." [1913 Webster]

"It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray." [1913 Webster]
To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger. [1913 Webster]
"Thou stickest a dagger in me." [1913 Webster]
To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve. [1913 Webster]
"My shroud of white, stuck all with yew." [1913 Webster]

"The points of spears are stuck within the shield." [1913 Webster]
To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth. [1913 Webster]
To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards. [1913 Webster]
To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork. [1913 Webster]
To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner. [1913 Webster]
To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type. [1913 Webster]
To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck. [1913 Webster]
To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [1913 Webster]
To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat. [1913 Webster]

To stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render prominent.

Stick, v. i.

To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall. [1913 Webster]
"The green caterpillar breedeth in the inward parts of roses not blown, where the dew sticketh." [1913 Webster]
To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely. [1913 Webster]
"A friend that sticketh closer than a brother." [1913 Webster]

"I am a kind of bur; I shall stick." [1913 Webster]

"If on your fame our sex a bolt has thrown,
'T will ever stick through malice of your own." [1913 Webster]
To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed. [1913 Webster]
"I had most need of blessing, and “Amen”
Stuck in my throat." [1913 Webster]

"The trembling weapon passed
Through nine bull hides, . . . and stuck within the last." [1913 Webster]
To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at. [1913 Webster]
"They will stick long at part of a demonstration for want of perceiving the connection of two ideas." [1913 Webster]

"Some stick not to say, that the parson and attorney forged a will." [1913 Webster]
To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation. [1913 Webster]
"This is the difficulty that sticks with the most reasonable." [1913 Webster]

To stick by. (a) To adhere closely to; to be firm in supporting. “We are your only friends; stick by us, and we will stick by you.” Davenant. (b) To be troublesome by adhering. “I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.” Pope. -- To stick out. (a) To project; to be prominent. “His bones that were not seen stick out.” Job xxxiii. 21. (b) To persevere in a purpose; to hold out; as, the garrison stuck out until relieved. [Colloq.]<-- also v. i. to stick it out. --> -- To stick to, to be persevering in holding to; as, to stick to a party or cause. “The advantage will be on our side if we stick to its essentials.” Addison. -- To stick up, to stand erect; as, his hair sticks up. -- To stick up for, to assert and defend; as, to stick up for one's rights or for a friend. [Colloq.] -- To stick upon, to dwell upon; not to forsake. “If the matter be knotty, the mind must stop and buckle to it, and stick upon it with labor and thought.” Locke.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Stick, n.
1 a a short slender branch or length of wood broken or cut from a tree. b this trimmed for use as a support or weapon.
2 a thin rod or spike of wood etc. for a particular purpose (cocktail stick).
3 a an implement used to propel the ball in hockey or polo etc. b (in pl.) the raising of the stick above the shoulder in hockey.
4 a gear lever.
5 a conductor's baton.
6 a a slender piece of a thing, e.g. celery, dynamite, deodorant, etc. b a number of bombs or paratroops released rapidly from aircraft.
7 (often prec. by the) punishment, esp. by beating.
8 colloq. adverse criticism; censure, reproof (took a lot of stick).
9 colloq. a piece of wood as part of a house or furniture (a few sticks of furniture).
10 colloq. a person, esp. one who is dull or unsociable (a funny old stick).
11 (in pl.; prec. by the) colloq. remote rural areas.
12 (in pl.) Austral. sl. goalposts.
13 Naut. sl. a mast or spar.

Idiom

stick insect any usu. wingless female insect of the family Phasmidae with a twiglike body. up sticks colloq. go to live elsewhere.

Derivative

stickless adj. sticklike adj.

Stick, v. (past and past part. stuck)
1 tr. (foll. by in, into, through) insert or thrust (a thing or its point) (stuck a finger in my eye; stick a pin through it).
2 tr. insert a pointed thing into; stab.
3 tr. & intr. (foll. by in, into, on, etc.) a fix or be fixed on a pointed thing. b fix or be fixed by or as by a pointed end.
4 tr. & intr. fix or become or remain fixed by or as by adhesive etc. (stick a label on it; the label won't stick).
5 intr. endure; make a continued impression (the scene stuck in my mind; the name stuck).
6 intr. lose or be deprived of the power of motion or action through adhesion or jamming or other impediment.
7 colloq. a tr. put in a specified position or place, esp. quickly or haphazardly (stick them down anywhere). b intr. remain in a place (stuck indoors).
8 colloq. a intr. (of an accusation etc.) be convincing or regarded as valid (could not make the charges stick). b tr. (foll. by on) place the blame for (a thing) on (a person).
9 tr. colloq. endure, tolerate (could not stick it any longer).
10 tr. (foll. by at) colloq. persevere with.

Idiom

be stuck for be at a loss for or in need of. be stuck on colloq. be infatuated with. be stuck with colloq. be unable to get rid of or escape from; be permanently involved with. get stuck in (or into) sl. begin in earnest. stick around colloq. linger; remain at the same place. stick at it colloq. persevere. stick at nothing allow nothing, esp. no scruples, to deter one. stick by (or with or to) stay loyal or close to. stick 'em up! colloq. hands up! stick fast adhere or become firmly fixed or trapped in a position or place. stick in one's gizzard see GIZZARD. sticking-plaster an adhesive plaster for wounds etc. sticking-point the limit of progress, agreement, etc. stick-in-the-mud colloq. an unprogressive or old-fashioned person. stick in one's throat be against one's principles. stick it on sl.
1 make high charges.
2 tell an exaggerated story. stick it out colloq. put up with or persevere with a burden etc. to the end. stick one's neck (or chin) out expose oneself to censure etc. by acting or speaking boldly. stick out protrude or cause to protrude or project (stuck his tongue out; stick out your chest). stick out for persist in demanding. stick out a mile (or like a sore thumb) colloq. be very obvious or incongruous. stick pigs engage in pigsticking. stick to 1 remain close to or fixed on or to.
2 remain faithful to.
3 keep to (a subject etc.) (stick to the point). stick to a person's fingers colloq. (of money) be embezzled by a person. stick together colloq. remain united or mutually loyal. stick to one's guns see GUN. stick to it persevere. stick to one's last see LAST(3).
stick up
1 be or make erect or protruding upwards.
2 fasten to an upright surface.
3 colloq. rob or threaten with a gun. stick-up n. colloq. an armed robbery. stick up for support or defend or champion (a person or cause). stick up to be assertive in the face of; offer resistance to. stick with colloq. remain in touch with or faithful to. stuck-up colloq. affectedly superior and aloof, snobbish.

Derivative

stickability n.

Etymology

OE stician f. Gmc

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THESAURUS

Stick

abide, abide with, abrade, acid, acuminate, addle, adhere, adhere to, advocate, affix, agglomerate, all, alpenstock, altogether, amalgamate, amaze, antidepressant, arm, articulate, assert, ataractic, athletic supporter, attach, auger, back, backbone, backcountry, backing, backwash, backwater, backwoods, baffle, balance, balk at, ballast, bamboozle, bandeau, bar, bare pole, bark, baton, batten, batten down, bayonet, be effective, be keen, be still, beam, bear, bear up, bear with, bearer, beat, beetle, beguile of, bewilder, bide, bilk, billet, bind, birch, biscuit, bite, bleed, bleed white, blemish, blind, bloke, bloody, board, boarding, boggle, bolt, bond, bone, bonnet, boondocks, booster, bore, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, branch, brassiere, brave, braze, break, bring up, bring up short, bristle with, broach, brook, brook no denial, buckle, buffalo, bulge, bunch, bunco, burden, burn, bush, butt, button, buttress, cane, capper, carrier, catch, cease fire, cement, cervix, chafe, chap, charge, cheat, check, chip, chisel, chouse, chouse out of, clapboard, clasp, claw, cleat, cleave, cleave to, clench, clinch, cling, cling to, clip, clot, club, cluster, clutch, coagulate, coast, cog, cog the dice, cohere, come up fighting, come up short, con, confederate, confound, confuse, congeal, conglomerate, conk out, consolidate, contend, continue, cooperate, cord, cordwood, corset, counterbalance, countersink, cozen, crack, cracker, craze, crib, crook, crosier, cross, cross-staff, crutch, crutch-stick, cut, dagger, daze, deal, defend, defraud, deposit, diapason, diddle, die, die hard, diethyltryptamine, dig, dig in, dimethyltryptamine, dirk, display, do in, do out of, dovetail, draw up, driftwood, drill, drive, drop, dust, dwell, embrace, empierce, encumber, endure, euchre, exactly, exploit, extend, fasten, fellow, ferule, fetch up, finagle, firewood, firm, firm up, fix, flagstaff, flam, fleece, flimflam, floor, fob, foundation garment, fracture, fray, frazzle, freeze, freeze to, fret, fuddle, fudge, fulcrum, fuse, gage, gall, ganja, gash, geezer, get, girdle, glue, go dead, go through, gore, gouge, gouge out, grapple, grasp, grass, grip, gripe, grow together, gull, gum, guy, guywire, gyp, hallucinogen, halt, handstaff, hang fire, hang in, hang in there, hang on, hang on to, hang together, hang tough, hardwood, hash, hashish, hasp, have, have an edge, hay, heist, hemp, hinge, hinterland, hitch, hocus, hocus-pocus, hold, hold fast, hold on, hold on to, hold out, hold tight, hold together, hold up, hole, honeycomb, hook, hug, hurt, immobilize, impale, impose on, in toto, incise, ingot, injure, insert, insist, insist on, insist upon, jab, jam, jock, jockstrap, join, join forces, joint, just, jut out, kava, keep, keep hold of, keep in suspense, keep quiet, knife, lacerate, lance, last, latch, lath, lathing, lathwork, lay, lick, lie still, linger, lituus, live through it, live with it, lock, lodge, log, lumber, lump, lump it, maim, mainstay, maintain, maintainer, make mincemeat of, man, marijuana, mark time, mass, mast, maul, maze, melt, merge, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button, mescaline, metronome, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, misconstruction, misinterpretation, misreading, misunderstanding, miter, monochord, morning glory seeds, mortise, muddle, mug, mulct, mummy, music stand, mute, mutilate, mystify, nail, nail down, neck, needle, never let go, never say die, nip, nonplus, not back down, not breathe, not give up, not stir, not submit, obtrude, overcharge, overhang, overprice, overtax, pack the deal, paddle, pandybat, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, parchment, park, paste, pastoral staff, paterissa, peg, penetrate, perforate, perplex, persevere, persist, person, peyote, pierce, pigeon, pike, pin, pin down, pink, pitch pipe, place, plank, planking, plop, plunge, plunge in, plunk, plyboard, plywood, poke, poke out, pole, poniard, pose, posit, post, pot, practice fraud upon, press, prick, prod, profiteer, project, prop, protrude, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical, psychotomimetic, pull up, punch, puncheon, puncture, purely, push, put, put up, put up with, puzzle, quarterstaff, quite, rabbet, ram, rattan, ream, ream out, reefer, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, remain, remain firm, remain motionless, rend, repose, rest, resting place, retain, rhythmometer, riddle, rigging, rip, rivet, roach, rob, rod, rook, root, ruler, run, run through, rupture, saber, saddle with, savage, scald, scam, scape, scarf, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, screw, scuff, seat, see it through, sell gold bricks, set, sew, shaft, shake, shave, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shill, shillelagh, shingle, shortchange, shoulder, shove, shrink from, shroud, sideboard, siding, sink, skewer, skin, slab, slash, slat, slit, snap, soak, softwood, solder, solidify, sonometer, spar, spear, spike, spine, spit, splat, sprain, sprit, sputter and stop, stab, stabilitate, stabilize, stack the cards, staff, stake, stalk, stall, stand, stand by, stand fast, stand firm, stand for, stand no nonsense, stand on, stand out, stand still, stand the gaff, stand up, standing rigging, staple, station, stave, stay, stay it out, stay put, stay the distance, stay with it, steady, stem, stick at, stick by, stick close, stick fast, stick it, stick it out, stick of wood, stick out, stick to, stick to it, stick together, stick up, stick up for, stick with it, stiffener, stiletto, sting, stitch, stop, stop dead, stop short, stovewood, strain, strengthener, strike root, strip, stumble, stump, submit, suffer, support, supporter, surcharge, sustain, sustainer, swagger stick, swanking stick, swindle, switch, sword, tack, take a dive, take exception to, take hold of, take no denial, take root, take up with, take what comes, tap, tape, tarry, tea, tear, the boondocks, the bush, the country, the sticks, thimblerig, three-by-four, throw, throw a fight, thrust, tie, timber, timbering, timberwork, toggle, tolerate, tone measurer, tongue, totally, totem pole, tough it out, tranquilizer, transfix, transpierce, traumatize, tread water, tree, trepan, trephine, tuning bar, tuning fork, tuning pipe, twig, two-by-four, unify, unite, upholder, urge, utterly, victimize, wait, walking stick, wand, weatherboard, wedge, weed, weigh down, weld, wholly, wire, wood, work together, wound, wrench, zipper

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Stick

Coherence

VB cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug, grow together, hang together, twine round, stick like a leech, stick like wax, stick close, cling like ivy, cling like a bur, adhere like a remora, adhere like Dejanira's shirt, glue, agglutinate, conglutinate, cement, lute, paste, gum, solder, weld, cake, consolidate, agglomerate.

Bungler

N bungler, blunderer, blunderhead, marplot, fumbler, lubber, duffer, dauber, stick, bad hand, poor hand, poor shot, butterfingers, no conjurer, flat, muff, slow coach, looby, lubber, swab, clod, yokel, awkward squad, blanc-bec, galoot, land lubber, fresh water sailor, fair weather sailor, horse marine, fish out of water, ass in lion's skin, jackdaw in peacock's feathers, quack, lord of misrule, sloven, slattern, trapes, amateur, novice, greenhorn (learner), il n'a pas invente' la poudre, he will never set the Thames on fire, acierta errando, aliquis in omnibus nullus in singulis.

Arms

N arm, arms, weapon, deadly weapon, armament, armaments, armature, panoply, stand of arms, armor, armory, apparatus belli, ammunition, powder, powder and shot, cartridge, ball cartridge, cartouche, fireball, villainous saltpeter, dumdum bullet, explosive, gunpowder, guncotton, mercury fulminate, picrates, pentaerythritol tetranitrate, PETN, high explosive, trinitrotoluene, TNT, dynamite, melinite, cordite, lyddite, plastic explosive, plastique, pyroxyline, sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet, sword-bayonet, sword-stick, side arms, foil, blade, steel, ax, bill, pole-ax, battle-ax, gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife, ataghan, attaghan, yataghan, yatacban, assagai, assegai, good sword, trusty sword, naked sword, cold steel, club, mace, truncheon, staff, bludgeon, cudgel, life preserver, shillelah, sprig, hand staff, quarter staff, bat, cane, stick, knuckle duster, billy, blackjack, sandbag, waddy, gun, piece, firearms, artillery, ordnance, siege train, battering train, park, battery, cannon, gun of position, heavy gun, field piece, mortar, howitzer, carronade, culverin, basilisk, falconet, jingal, swivel, pederero, bouche a feu, petard, torpedo, mitrailleur, mitrailleuse, infernal machine, smooth bore, rifled cannon, Armstrong gun, Lancaster gun, Paixhan gun, Whitworth gun, Parrott gun, Krupp gun, Gatling gun, Maxim gun, machine gun, pompom, ten pounder, small arms, musket, musketry, firelock, fowling piece, rifle, fusil, caliver, carbine, blunderbuss, musketoon, Brown Bess, matchlock, harquebuss, arquebus, haguebut, pistol, postolet, petronel, small bore, breach-loader, muzzle-loader, revolver, repeater, Minis rifle, Enfield rifle, Flobert rifle, Westley Richards rifle, Snider rifle, Martini-Henry rifle, Lee-Metford rifle, Lee-Enfield rifle, Mauser rifle, magazine rifle, needle gun, chassepot, wind gun, air gun, automatic gun, automatic pistol, escopet, escopette, gunflint, gun- lock, hackbut, shooter, shooting iron, six-shooter, shotgun, Uzzi, assault rifle, Kalashnikov, bow, crossbow, balister, catapult, sling, battering ram, gunnery, ballistics, missile, bolt, projectile, shot, ball, grape, grape shot, canister shot, bar shot, cannon shot, langrel shot, langrage shot, round shot, chain shot, balista, ballista, slung shot, trebucbet, trebucket, bullet, slug, stone, brickbat, grenade, shell, bomb, carcass, rocket, congreve, congreve rocket, shrapnel, mitraille, levin bolt, levin brand, thunderbolt, pike, lance, spear, spontoon, javelin, dart, jereed, jerid, arrow, reed, shaft, bolt, boomerang, harpoon, gaff, eelspear, oxgoad, weet-weet, wommerah, cattle prod, chemical mace, en flute, nervos belli pecuniam infinitam.

Cessation

VB cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt, break off, leave off, hold, stop, pull up, stop short, stick, hang fire, halt, pause, rest, burn out, blow out, melt down, have done with, give over, surcease, shut up shop, give up, hold one's hand, stay one's hand, rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels, come to a stand, come to a standstill, come to a deadlock, come to a full stop, arrive, go out, die away, wear away, wear off, pass away, be at an end, disintegrate, self-destruct, intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel, intermit, remit, put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to, derail, turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect, bring to a stand, bring to a standstill, stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent, pull the check-string, pull the plug on, Int, hold!, stop!, enough!, avast!, have done!, a truce to!, soft!, leave off!, tenez!.

Scourge

N scourge, rod, cane, stick, ratan, rattan, birch, birch rod, azote, blacksnake, bullwhack, chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok, rod in pickle, switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon, whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout, cat, cat o'nine tails, rope's end, pillory, stocks, whipping post, cucking stool, ducking stool, brank, trebuchet, trebuket, triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel, chinese water torture, treadmill, crank, galleys, scaffold, block, ax, guillotine, stake, cross, gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring, death chair, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, firing squad, mecate, house of correction, goaler, jailer, executioner, electrocutioner, lyncher, hangman, headsman, Jack Ketch.

Support

N support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.

Opening

VB open, ope, gape, yawn, bilge, fly open, perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill, mine, tunnel, transpierce, transfix, enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch, stave in, cut a passage through, make way for, make room for, uncover, unclose, unrip, lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open.

Quiescence

VB be quiescent, stand still, lie still, keep quiet, repose, hold the breath, remain, stay, stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time, bring to, heave to, lay to, pull up, draw up, hold, halt, stop, stop short, rest, pause, anchor, cast to an anchor, come to an anchor, rest on one's oars, repose on one's laurels, take breath, stop, stagnate, quieta non movere, let alone, abide, rest and be thankful, keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed, dwell, settle, alight, stick, stick fast, stand like a post, not stir a peg, not stir a step, be at a stand, quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on.

Fool

N fool, idiot, tomfool, wiseacre, simpleton, witling, dizzard, donkey, ass, ninny, ninnyhammer, chowderhead, chucklehead, dolt, booby, Tom Noddy, looby, hoddy-doddy, noddy, nonny, noodle, nizy, owl, goose, goosecap, imbecile, gaby, radoteur, nincompoop, badaud, zany, trifler, babbler, pretty fellow, natural, niais, child, baby, infant, innocent, milksop, sop, oaf, lout, loon, lown, dullard, doodle, calf, colt, buzzard, block, put, stick, stock, numps, tony, bull head, dunderhead, addlehead, blockhead, dullhead, loggerhead, jolthead, jolterhead, beetlehead, beetlebrain, grosshead, muttonhead, noodlehead, giddyhead, numbskull, thickskull, lackbrain, shallowbrain, dimwit, halfwit, lackwit, dunderpate, lunkhead sawney, gowk, clod, clod-hopper, clod-poll, clot-poll, clot-pate, bull calf, gawk, Gothamite, lummox, rube, men of Boeotia, wise men of Gotham, un sot a triple etage, sot, jobbernowl, changeling, mooncalf, gobemouche, dotard, driveler, old fogey, old woman, crock, crone, grandmother, cotquean, henhussy, incompetent (insanity), greenhorn, dunce, lubber, madman, one who will not set the Thames on fire, one who did not invent gunpowder, qui n'a pas invente' la poudre, no conjuror, fortuna favet fatuis, les fous font les festinas et les sages les mangen, nomina stultorum parietibus harrent, stultorum plena sunt omnia.

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