Sticking+fast

  • 1Sticking — Stick ing, a. & n. from {Stick}, v. [1913 Webster] {Sticking piece}, a piece of beef cut from the neck. [Eng.] {Sticking place}, the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point. [1913 Webster] But screw your courage to the… …

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  • 2Sticking piece — Sticking Stick ing, a. & n. from {Stick}, v. [1913 Webster] {Sticking piece}, a piece of beef cut from the neck. [Eng.] {Sticking place}, the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point. [1913 Webster] But screw your courage to… …

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  • 3Sticking place — Sticking Stick ing, a. & n. from {Stick}, v. [1913 Webster] {Sticking piece}, a piece of beef cut from the neck. [Eng.] {Sticking place}, the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point. [1913 Webster] But screw your courage to… …

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  • 4Sticking plaster — Sticking Stick ing, a. & n. from {Stick}, v. [1913 Webster] {Sticking piece}, a piece of beef cut from the neck. [Eng.] {Sticking place}, the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point. [1913 Webster] But screw your courage to… …

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  • 5Sticking point — Sticking Stick ing, a. & n. from {Stick}, v. [1913 Webster] {Sticking piece}, a piece of beef cut from the neck. [Eng.] {Sticking place}, the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point. [1913 Webster] But screw your courage to… …

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  • 6sticking place — noun 1. : the place where something stops and sticks fast screw your courage to the sticking place Shakespeare 2. : the place or point in the neck of an animal where the knife is stuck in slaughtering * * * 1. Also called sticking point. the… …

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  • 7inherent — Occurring as a natural part or consequence; latent imminent; intrinsic. [L. inhaerens, sticking to, adhering] * * * in·her·ent in hir ənt, in her adj involved in the constitution or essential character of something: belonging by nature <the… …

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  • 8adhesive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sticky, gluey, tenacious. n. adherent; glue, cement, etc. See coherence. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. adhering, adherent, sticking, sticky, glutinous, resinous, gummy, viscid, viscous, gluey,… …

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  • 9adhesive — adj 1. clinging, adhering, sticking fast, tenacious; adhering, gummy, sticky, gummed, smeary, dauby, stringy, ropy; viscid, viscous, glutinous, aggluti nant, agglutinative, mucilaginous. n 2. sticker, label, stamp, Trademark.Scotch tape;… …

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  • 10adhesive — /ədˈhisɪv / (say uhd heesiv), / ˈhizɪv/ (say heeziv) adjective 1. clinging; tenacious; sticking fast. –noun 2. a substance for sticking things together. –adhesively, adverb –adhesiveness, noun …