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stick down

stick down verb: to cause to stick to a surface.

Verb

stick down (third-person singular simple present sticks down, present participle sticking down, simple past and past participle stuck down)

  1. (transitive) To cause to stick to a surface.
    • I can't stick this picture down. I need better glue.
  2. (intransitive) to stick to a surface.
    • Eventually the plaster stuck down on my arm.
  3. To write something casually.
    • If you don't know the answer, just stick down any old thing: you might get a mark for it.

Forms of stick down

third-person singular presentsticks down
present participlesticking down
past participlestuck down
paststuck down

Questions about stick down

What does stick down mean?
Stick down means to cause to stick to a surface.
What part of speech is stick down?
Stick down is a verb.
What is the past tense of stick down?
The past tense of stick down is stuck down.

Words near stick down in the dictionary

  1. stick chart
  2. stick clip
  3. stick clips
  4. stick deodorant
  5. stick deodorants
  6. stick down
  7. stick fat
  8. stick fight
  9. stick fighter
  10. stick fighting
  11. stick figure

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