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sticks together

sticks together is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stick together.

Meaning of stick together

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To physically combine or join together by adhesion.
    • It can be tricky to get the edges stuck together neatly. Alternatively, you can pinch them upward like a ruffled pie crust edge. When all the edges are stuck together, poke the straw into the little hole in the top where the points meet, and blow so the box inflates.2002, Georgia Sargeant, Celie Fago, Livia McRee, Polymer Clay, →ISBN, page 33
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To remain united, to stay together in association or alliance.
    • Her’s Parſon Ball an honeſt Prieſt, and telles vs that in charitie,
      VVe may ſticke together in ſuch quarrels honeſtly.1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I

Questions about sticks together

What is sticks together the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sticks together is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stick together.

Words near sticks together in the dictionary

  1. sticks to one's knitting
  2. sticks to one's last
  3. sticks to one's post
  4. sticks to one's text
  5. sticks to someone's ribs
  6. sticks together
  7. sticks up
  8. sticks up for
  9. sticks with
  10. sticks-and-carrots
  11. sticks-in-the-mud

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