verb
Meaning 1
To protrude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He stuck out his tongue at me.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: obtrude
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
stick out
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verb
Meaning 2
To protrude; to extend beyond.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- His tongue was sticking out.
- I can fit the pipe in my car, but one end will stick out from the back.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- The one red wall really sticks out among all the creamy ones.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stand out, obtrude, outstand, stick out, stick out like a sore thumb
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To persist until the end; stick it out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abide, aby, astand, endure, go on, lie, prevail, hold on, last, live, persist, remain, stick, stick it out, stick out
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: digest, endure, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: permit, allow, let, countenance
Narrower terms: accept, live with, swallow, stand for, hold still for, bear up, take lying down, take a joke, sit out, pay
verb
Meaning 6
be highly noticeable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leap out, jump out, jump, stand out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: look, appear, seem
verb
Meaning 7
extend out or project in space
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- His sharp nose jutted out
- A single rock sticks out from the cliff
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: protrude, jut out, jut, project
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: overhang, thrust, push up, spear, spear up, bulge, bag, cantilever
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: sobresortir — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Chinese Mandarin: 突出 (túchū) — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Chinese Mandarin: 凸出 (tūchū) — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Czech: vyčnívat — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Czech: trčet — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Czech: čnít — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Esperanto: elstari — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Finnish: pistää ulos — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Finnish: sojottaa — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Finnish: näyttää — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Finnish: näkyä — to protrude; to extend beyond
- French: dépasser — to protrude; to extend beyond
- French: saillir — to protrude; to extend beyond
- German: abstehen — to protrude; to extend beyond
- German: herausragen — to protrude; to extend beyond
- German: herausstechen — to protrude; to extend beyond
- German: herausstehen — to protrude; to extend beyond
- German: hervorstechen — to protrude; to extend beyond
- German: hervorstehen — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Italian: sporgere — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Japanese: 突き出る (tsukideru) — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Latin: prōmineō — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Latin: exsero — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Māori: whererei — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Māori: tōhira — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Polish: wystawać — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Polish: sterczeć — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Portuguese: sobressair — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Russian: торча́ть (torčátʹ) — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Russian: высо́вываться (vysóvyvatʹsja) — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Russian: высо́вывать (vysóvyvatʹ) — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Spanish: sobresalir — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Spanish: ventanear — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Ukrainian: стирча́ти (styrčáty) — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Ukrainian: випина́тися (vypynátysja) — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Ukrainian: вистава́ти (vystaváty) — to protrude; to extend beyond
- Chinese Mandarin: 顯著 /显著 (xiǎnzhù) — to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive
- Finnish: erottua — to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive
- French: se démarquer — to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive
- German: sich auszeichnen — to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive
- German: sich abheben — to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive
- Māori: riaki — to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive
- Polish: sterczeć — to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive
- Spanish: sobresalir — to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive