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stick out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb stick out has 3 senses
- stick out(v = verb.stative) jut, jut out, project, protrude - extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" Sample sentences:
- stick out(v = verb.stative) jump, jump out, leap out, stand out - be highly noticeable; Array is one way to appear, look, seem
- stick out(v = verb.cognition) abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" is one way to allow, countenance, let, permit
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
It ----s that CLAUSE
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
THESAURUS
stick out
abide, aller sans dire, be conspicuous, be exposed, be manifest, be no secret, bear, bear up, beetle, bristle up, brook, cock up, come across, come up fighting, crop out, endure, extrude, glare, go, go without saying, hang in, hang in there, hang on, hang out, hang over, hang tough, have high visibility, hold fast, hold on, hold out, hold up, impend, impend over, jut, jut out, live through it, live with it, need no explanation, never say die, not give up, outstretch, overhang, poke, poke out, pouch, pout, project, project over, protrude, protuberate, push, sauter aux yeux, shoot out, shoot up, shout, speak for itself, stand, stand out, stand up, start up, stay it out, stay the distance, stay with it, stick, stick it, stick it out, stick to it, stick up, stick with it, stomach, strike the eye, support, take, thrust over, tolerate, tough it out, walk outROGET THESAURUS
stick out
Convexity
VB be prominent, project, bulge, protrude, pout, bouge, bunch, jut out, stand out, stick out, poke out, stick up, bristle up, start up, cock up, shoot up, swell over, hang over, bend over, beetle, render prominent, raise, emboss, chase, belly out.
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