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STICK IN

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English dictionary: Word overview

STICK IN (verb)
  The verb STICK IN has 2 senses:

1. insert casually
2. introduce

  Familiarity information: STICK IN used as a verb is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


STICK IN (verb)


Sense 1stick in [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Insert casually

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

slip in; stick in; sneak in; insert

Context example:

She slipped in a reference to her own work

Hypernyms (to "stick in" is one way to...):

add; append; supply (state or say further)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stick in"):

spatchcock (interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE


Sense 2stick in [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Introduce

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

put in; stick in; inclose; insert; introduce; enclose

Context example:

Insert your ticket here

Hypernyms (to "stick in" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stick in"):

inoculate (introduce a microorganism into)

inject; shoot (force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing)

foist (insert surreptitiously or without warrant)

slip (insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly)

feed; feed in (introduce continuously)

interlard; intersperse (introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions)

cup (put into a cup)

catheterise; catheterize (insert a catheter into (a body part))

glass (put in a glass container)

inset (set or place in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP


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