stick – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to stick by sb
Participle: stuck by sb
Gerund: sticking by sb

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of stick

Indicative

Present

I	stick by sb
you	stick by sb
he;she;it	sticks by sb
we	stick by sb
you	stick by sb
they	stick by sb

Perfect

I	have stuck by sb
you	have stuck by sb
he;she;it	has stuck by sb
we	have stuck by sb
you	have stuck by sb
they	have stuck by sb

Past

I	stuck by sb
you	stuck by sb
he;she;it	stuck by sb
we	stuck by sb
you	stuck by sb
they	stuck by sb

Pluperfect

I	had stuck by sb
you	had stuck by sb
he;she;it	had stuck by sb
we	had stuck by sb
you	had stuck by sb
they	had stuck by sb

Future

I	will stick by sb
you	will stick by sb
he;she;it	will stick by sb
we	will stick by sb
you	will stick by sb
they	will stick by sb

Future Perfect

I	will have stuck by sb
you	will have stuck by sb
he;she;it	will have stuck by sb
we	will have stuck by sb
you	will have stuck by sb
they	will have stuck by sb

Subjunctive

Present

I	stick by sb
you	stick by sb
he;she;it	stick by sb
we	stick by sb
you	stick by sb
they	stick by sb

Perfect

I	have stuck by sb
you	have stuck by sb
he;she;it	have stuck by sb
we	have stuck by sb
you	have stuck by sb
they	have stuck by sb

Imperfect

I	stuck by sb
you	stuck by sb
he;she;it	stuck by sb
we	stuck by sb
you	stuck by sb
they	stuck by sb

Pluperfect

I	had stuck by sb
you	had stuck by sb
he;she;it	had stuck by sb
we	had stuck by sb
you	had stuck by sb
they	had stuck by sb

Conditional

Present

I	would stick by sb
you	would stick by sb
he;she;it	would stick by sb
we	would stick by sb
you	would stick by sb
they	would stick by sb

Perfect

I	would have stuck by sb
you	would have stuck by sb
he;she;it	would have stuck by sb
we	would have stuck by sb
you	would have stuck by sb
they	would have stuck by sb

Imperative

you	stick by sb
we	Let's stick by sb
you	stick by sb

Indicative

Present

I	am sticking by sb
you	are sticking by sb
he;she;it	is sticking by sb
we	are sticking by sb
you	are sticking by sb
they	are sticking by sb

Perfect

I	have been sticking by sb
you	have been sticking by sb
he;she;it	has been sticking by sb
we	have been sticking by sb
you	have been sticking by sb
they	have been sticking by sb

Past

I	was sticking by sb
you	were sticking by sb
he;she;it	was sticking by sb
we	were sticking by sb
you	were sticking by sb
they	were sticking by sb

Pluperfect

I	had been sticking by sb
you	had been sticking by sb
he;she;it	had been sticking by sb
we	had been sticking by sb
you	had been sticking by sb
they	had been sticking by sb

Future

I	will be sticking by sb
you	will be sticking by sb
he;she;it	will be sticking by sb
we	will be sticking by sb
you	will be sticking by sb
they	will be sticking by sb

Future Perfect

I	will have been sticking by sb
you	will have been sticking by sb
he;she;it	will have been sticking by sb
we	will have been sticking by sb
you	will have been sticking by sb
they	will have been sticking by sb

Conditional

Present

I	would be sticking by sb
you	would be sticking by sb
he;she;it	would be sticking by sb
we	would be sticking by sb
you	would be sticking by sb
they	would be sticking by sb

Perfect

I	would have been sticking by sb
you	would have been sticking by sb
he;she;it	would have been sticking by sb
we	would have been sticking by sb
you	would have been sticking by sb
they	would have been sticking by sb

Verbs conjugated like 'stick'

cling, dig, fling, hamstring, sling, slink, stick, sting, string, swing, underdig, unstick, unstring, wring, foind, outfling, overswing, restick, restring, undersling, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'stick'

sick, slick, snick, stack, sticky, stink, stock, tick, bestick, blick,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to tolerate: aby, stomach, tolerate
to have sexual intercourse: bonk, company, dight, ride, roger, shag, copulate, copulate with, tumble
to adhere: adhere
to stop moving: stop
persist: plug, persevere
to hesitate: barcamenarsi, destreggiarsi, essere indeciso, essere titubante, indugiare, nicchiare, peritarsi, prendere tempo, prorogare, temporeggiare, tentennare, tergiversare, esitare, hesitate, titubare, traccheggiare
to engage in sexual intercourse: bang, bauf, beat, boff, boink, bone, bonk, bop, bounce, breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, cohabit, company, copulate, couple, dance, discuss Uganda, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, engender, exchange flesh, expletive deleted, feck, frack, frak, frig, fuck, get busy, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, go all the way, graft the forked tree, haul one's ashes, have it off, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, hump, intercourse, jig-jig, make it, make love, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, mate, meddle, ming, play, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, root, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, share a bed, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, sleep together, tumble, wango tango
to continue to exist: abide, aby, endure, go on, hold on, last, live, persist, remain, stick it out, stick out
to allow something unpleasant to exist or occur: abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, live with, pass, pocket, pouch, put up with, stand, stomach, suffer, swallow, take sitting down, tolerate, thole, undergang, undergo
to become or remain attached: adhere, attach, cleave, cling, conglutinate, stick together, stick with
to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination: boggle, deliberate, demur, falter, hesitate, hover, mammer, scruple, stand shilly-shally, waver
to pierce something with any long, pointed object: empierce, fix, impale, pierce, prick, puncture, run through, stake, transfix, transpierce
to pierce or wound with a pointed tool or weapon: chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, spear, speet, splash, stab, stob, stog, thrust, yerk
pierce: penetrate, puncture, spear, stab, impale, gore, pin, transfix
adhere: cling, hold, cleave, cohere, abide, persist, remain, stay

Antonyms

in blackjack, be dealt another card: stay, twist
adhere: disunite, loosen, separate, unfasten

Additional Information

Cf. Old English weak verb stician (stiocian) .

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-
3. Proto-Indo-European *stignéh₂-
4. Proto-Germanic *stikkōną
5. Proto-Germanic *stikkô
6. Proto-West Germanic *stikkō
7. Old English sticca
8. Middle English stikke
9. English stick
10. From Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”), from Old English sticca (“rod, twig”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô (“stick, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stikke (“stick”), West Flemish stik (“stick”), Dutch stek (“spot, place, home”), German Low German Stick (“stick”), German Stecken (“stick”), Danish and Norwegian stikke (“stick”), Swedish sticka (“splinter, needle”). Related to stigma. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Stikke', German, old spelling 'Stecken', Swedish 'sticka'.

Verbs referencing "stick"

Swedish sticka, Greek, Ancient στίζω, Russian стегать.

Sample Sentences

[...] three or four chilly stewards were warming their hands; while on either side, extending down its whole dreary length, was a long, long table, over each of which a rack, fixed to the low roof, and stuck full of drinking-glasses and cruet-stands, hinted dismally at rolling seas and heavy weather. I had not at that time seen the ideal presentment of this chamber which has since gratified me so much, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] except my shoes, which are stranded on a carpet-bag, high and dry, like a couple of coal-barges. Suddenly I see them spring into the air, and behold the looking-glass, which is nailed to the wall, sticking fast upon the ceiling. At the same time the door entirely disappears, and a new one is opened in the floor. Then I begin to comprehend that the state-room is standing on its head. (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ Get along wid ye ! ” said the mother, pushing away their woolly heads. “ Ye'll all stick together, and never get clar, if ye do dat fashion. Go long to de spring and wash yerselves ! ” she said, seconding her exhortations by a slap, which resounded very formidably, but which seemed only [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] an elderly female, in as many scraps of finery as Madge Wildfire herself. Her head in particular was so strewn with scraps of gauze and cotton and bits of paper, and had so many queer odds and ends stuck all about it, that it looked like a bird’s-nest. She was radiant with imaginary jewels; wore a rich pair of undoubted gold spectacles; and gracefully dropped upon her lap, as we approached, a very [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] with which every feature of his face seemed sharpened into sympathy; his thin, long nose, ran out as if it was eager to bore into the nature of things in general; his sleek, thin, black hair was stuck eagerly forward, and all his motions and evolutions expressed a dry, cautious acuteness. The great man poured out a big tumbler half full of raw spirits, and gulped it down without a word. The [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] of trouble to ’ em; one would think, now, they'd be glad to get clar on ’ em; but they ar n't. And the more trouble a young un is, and the more good for nothing, as a gen’l thing, the tighter they sticks to ’ em. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] this open space, like something meteoric that has fallen down from the moon, is an odd, lop-sided, one-eyed kind of wooden building, that looks like a church, with a flag-staff as long as itself sticking out of a steeple something larger than a tea-chest. Under the window is a small stand of coaches, whose slave-drivers are sunning themselves on the steps of our door, and talking idly together. [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
One young gentleman (a very delicate porker with several straws sticking about his nose, betokening recent investigations in a dung-hill ) was walking deliberately on, profoundly thinking, when suddenly his brother, who was lying in a miry hole unseen by him, rose up [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] in America, had its large dining-room for the public table. It was an odd, shambling, low-roofed out-house, half-cowshed and half-kitchen, with a coarse brown canvas table-cloth, and tin sconces stuck against the walls, to hold candles at supper-time. The horseman had gone forward to have coffee and some eatables prepared, and they were by this time nearly ready. He had ordered ‘wheat-bread and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
There sat Tom, on a little mossy seat in the court, every one of his button-holes stuck full of cape jessamines, and Eva, gayly laughing, was hanging a wreath of roses round his neck; and then she sat down on his knee, like a chip-sparrow, still laughing. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
♪ Look hard, for sure you are stuck Reach out and just try your luck ♪ (Magudam)
♪ Shall I bid your immoral life goodbye? ♪ ♪ Look... look out there Open your eyes wide and stare ♪ ♪ Look hard, for sure you 're stuck Reach out and just try your luck ♪ (Magudam)

stick – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of stick

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'stick'

Verbs similar to 'stick'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "stick"

Sample Sentences