Definitions for sticking

(put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack")

(stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!")

(stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?")

(be or become fixed; "The door sticks

(endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life")

(be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles")

(be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war")

(cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it")

(fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster onto the wall")

(fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto the corkboard")

(fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress")

(pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck the cloth with the needle")

(pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He stuck the needle into his finger")

(come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere")

(saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill")

(be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me

(extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck")