"stick down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sticks down [present, singular, third-person], sticking down [participle, present], stuck down [participle, past], stuck down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stick<,sticking,stuck> down}} stick down (third-person singular simple present sticks down, present participle sticking down, simple past and past participle stuck down)
  1. (transitive) To cause to stick to a surface. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-stick_down-en-verb-sbp2ExrU
  2. (intransitive) to stick to a surface. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-stick_down-en-verb-2HnUjZDX
  3. To write something casually.
    Sense id: en-stick_down-en-verb-u2TfdAXX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 9 78 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 23 16 61

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for stick down meaning in English (1.8kB)

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