Commentary: STICK[+artifact][+implement][+wooden][+long][+tool/+weapon]
Examples:
That outdoor store sells some very good hi-tech hiking sticks.
The girl used a large stick to herd the chickens into their coop.
The government has used tax policies as both a carrot and a stick. (metaphoric extension)
The conductor raised his stick in preparation to begin the performance.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 9
Commentary: STICK[+artifact][+implement][+wooden][+long][+equipment][+sporting][+hockey/+polo]
Examples:
The hockey players clubbed each other with their sticks.
The polo sticks hung above the saddles in the tack room of the stable.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Commentary: STICK[+structure][+tree][+branch][+small]
NOTE: refers to natural objects, not artifacts (see Sense 1)
Examples:
We gathered sticks near the campsite to make a fire.
The young saplings by the river are just green sticks that can snap back if bent.
The x-ray showed that the injury to the bone was just a green stick break. (figurative extension)
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: STICK[+device][+control][+lever]
Examples:
Bob drives a stick shift.
The pilot pulled back on the stick and the plane lifted from the runway.
The co-pilot took the stick from the pilot.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: STICK[+quality][+form][+shape][+strip][+thin]
Examples:
Mary set out a plate of carrot and celery sticks.
He offered me a stick of chewing gum.
The demolition expert placed sticks of dynamite in key structural places of the building.
The apple cider should simmer for half an hour with a couple of cinnamon sticks.
We're having fish sticks for dinner.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Commentary: STICK[+quantity][+measure][+volume][+dry][+butter/+lard]
Examples:
This pie crust contains a stick of butter.
There are four sticks of butter in a pound.
They sell hydrogenated vegetable oil in sticks at the grocery store.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: STICK[+location][+locale][+rustic][+boondocks]
NOTE: always occurs in the plural
Examples:
He grew up in the sticks and never visited a city until he was in the Army.
We were surprised to find a gourmet coffee shop so far out in the sticks.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1-7
Commentary: STICK[+artifact][+cigarette][+marijuana]
Examples:
He pulled out a couple of sticks at the concert to pass among his friends.
A marijuana stick fell out of her purse right in front of the border guard.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8
Commentary: STICK[+person][+dull][+stiff]
Examples:
Betty can be such an old stick sometimes!
Her husband seems like such a stick at parties.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1-6
Commentary: STICK[+quality][+adhesive][+strong]
Examples:
This masking tape has a lot of stick to it.
There isn't much stick left to these old stamps.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2-3
Commentary: STICK[+quantity][+number][+small]
Examples:
A stick of paratroopers dropped from a plane into enemy territory.
The dictator was surrounded by a stick of heavily armed guards.
The bomber released a stick of bombs over the target area.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 3f, 3g
Commentary: STICK[+artifact][+furniture][+piece]
NOTE: informal usage
Examples:
The robbers took every last stick of furniture in the house.
There wasn't a stick of furniture to sit on in the whole lobby.
I haven't even moved one stick of lawn furniture out of the basement yet.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2d
Commentary: STICK[+activity][+verbal][+criticism][+severe]
NOTE: British usage
Examples:
He's taken a lot of stick from the press lately.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 4a
Commentary: STICK[+structure][+human][+legs]
Examples:
The sailor joked that his sticks were getting old. (his legs - figurative extension of sense 1)
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5