| query | A s____ is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree.A stick is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree. ...people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood. |
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| word | stick |
| full-definition | noun A stick is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree. ...people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood. A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for supporting someone's weight or for hitting people or animals. He looks old and walks with a stick. Crowds armed with sticks and stones took to the streets. A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for a particular purpose. ...kebab sticks. ...lolly sticks. ...drum sticks. Some long thin objects that are used in sports are called sticks . ...lacrosse sticks. ...hockey sticks. ...ski-sticks. A stick of something is a long thin piece of it. ...a stick of celery. ...cinnamon sticks. If you give someone some stick, you criticize them or tease them roughly . It's not motorists who give you the most stick, it's the general public. I get some stick from the lads because of my faith but I don't mind. If you say that someone lives in the sticks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities. He lived out in the sticks somewhere. |
| inflections | sticks |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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