Palavras em English para 'stubbornness'
Acima você encontra palavras relacionadas a "stubbornness". Foque ou passe o cursor sobre uma palavra para ver sua definição.
Resultados da pesquisa
noun
adj
- (Maine) Stubborn.
- Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
- (finance) Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
- (informal) Full of ideas or imaginings.
- Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
- (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
- not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
- not based on fact or investigation
- indulging in or influenced by fancy
- being of the nature of a notion or concept
noun
noun
verb
adj
- Stubborn, intransigent.
- (by extension) Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.
- Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
- Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
- (chiefly hunting) Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
- Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.
- Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
- firm and dependable especially in loyalty
noun
verb
noun
adj
adj
- (figuratively) Stubborn; inflexible.
- (figuratively) Rigorous; severe; exacting.
- (figuratively) Solid or certain; not able to be disputed or questioned; irrefutable.
- Covered with iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal; armor-plated.
- sheathed in iron plates for protection
- without flaws or loopholes
- inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
noun
- A ship, vessel, or vehicle with a covering of iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal.
- (military) An armor-plated warship, (especially) one preceding the invention of harveyized steel.
- A wooden warehouse with an outer skin of corrugated metal.
- a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor
adj
- stubbornly unyielding
- never-ceasing
- continually recurring to the mind
- retained; not shed
- (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) non-transient.
- (computing) Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.
- (botany) Lasting past maturity without falling off.
- Insistently repetitive.
- Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
- Indefinitely continuous.
- (mathematics) Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
adj
- Stubborn; obstinate. (of a person)
- Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
- (medicine) Difficult to treat (of a medical condition).
- Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. (of a problem)
- (mathematics, of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve.
- not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
verb
- be stubborn in resolution or resistance
- distinguish oneself
- steer away from shore, of ships
- be highly noticeable
- (intransitive) To be extraordinary and different or to have features and qualities which make someone or something special.
- (intransitive) To persist in opposition or resistance (against something); to refuse to comply (with someone).
- (intransitive) To be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to the surroundings.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail in a direction away from shore.
noun
- A stubborn person.
- (nautical) A small auxiliary engine.
- A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
- (UK, nautical) A sailor's storage chest.
- (poker slang) A bad poker player.
- A fool.
- domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn
- the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
noun
- A stubborn or determined person.
- A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
- A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.
- (chiefly UK, sometimes capitalized) The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.
- (UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
- Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
- (US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
- The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
- (professional wrestling) Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.
- a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting
verb
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
- (transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
- throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
- attack viciously and ferociously
verb
adj
- Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
- stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- (of inanimate things) Not easily subdued or removed.
- (of a facial feature) Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving.
adj
- (of a person) Stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence.
- (of a person or animal) Rugged or physically hardy.
- (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
- (of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.
- (of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
- Rowdy or rough.
- (of weather, etc.) Harsh or severe.
- (material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
- Strict, not lenient.
- violent and lawless
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- not given to gentleness or sentimentality
- very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
- resistant to cutting or chewing
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
- physically toughened
- substantially made or constructed
intj
noun
verb
noun
- the trait of being resolute
- analysis into clear-cut components
- the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
- (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
- finding a solution to a problem
- the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
- A strong will; the state of being resolute.
- A statement of intent, a vow.
- (narratology) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
- (mathematics) The act or process of resolving: solving.
- (homological algebra, of a given module (or, generally, object in an abelian category) M) An exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as M) either terminating in M or such that M is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).
- (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
- (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
- (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- The act of discerning detail.
- (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
- (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- A firm decision or an official decision.
noun
verb
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
- cause to go into a solution
- understand the meaning of
- reach a decision
- reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
- find the solution
- make clearly visible
- (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
- (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
- (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
- Alternative spelling of re-solve.
- To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
- (chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
- (rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
- (optics) To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
- To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
- (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
- (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- (computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
- (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
verb
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- fix to; attach
- To weigh down or oppress.
- To keep; to store something for someone.
- To pay close attention to, or regard with (possibly obsequious) admiration.
- (chiefly imperative) To wait a moment.
- To hold, grasp, or grip.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, on.
- To depend upon.
- To persevere.
- To continually believe in something; to have faith in.
verb
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- retain possession of
- hold the phone line open
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
- hold firmly
- To grasp or grip firmly.
- (idiomatic) To retain an advantage.
- (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- (idiomatic) To persist.
- (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
- (idiomatic) To remain loyal.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
adj
noun
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
adj
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- marked by stubborn resistance to authority
- Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.
- Unwilling to cooperate socially.
- Difficult to deal with or to operate.
- (botany, of seed, pollen, spores) Not viable for an extended period; damaged by drying or freezing.
noun
adj
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus
- not responding to treatment
- (biology) Incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus.
- Not affected by great heat.
- Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.
- (medicine) Resistant to treatment; not responding adequately to therapy.
noun
noun
- The property of being persistent.
- persistent determination
- (mathematics) The number of times an operation can be iteratively applied to a number before it reaches a permanently constant state.
- (computer science) Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination of the program.
- (meteorology) Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).
- the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
- the property of a continuous and connected period of time
noun
- persistent determination
- The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
- The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
- The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
- (physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
- The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
noun
noun
verb
noun
adj
noun
- A stubborn person.
- (nautical) A small auxiliary engine.
- A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
- (UK, nautical) A sailor's storage chest.
- (poker slang) A bad poker player.
- A fool.
- domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn
- the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
noun
- A stubborn or determined person.
- A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
- A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.
- (chiefly UK, sometimes capitalized) The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.
- (UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
- Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
- (US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
- The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
- (professional wrestling) Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.
- a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting
verb
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
- (transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
- throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
- attack viciously and ferociously
noun
- the trait of being resolute
- analysis into clear-cut components
- the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
- (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
- finding a solution to a problem
- the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
- A strong will; the state of being resolute.
- A statement of intent, a vow.
- (narratology) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
- (mathematics) The act or process of resolving: solving.
- (homological algebra, of a given module (or, generally, object in an abelian category) M) An exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as M) either terminating in M or such that M is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).
- (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
- (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
- (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- The act of discerning detail.
- (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
- (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- A firm decision or an official decision.
noun
verb
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
- cause to go into a solution
- understand the meaning of
- reach a decision
- reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
- find the solution
- make clearly visible
- (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
- (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
- (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
- Alternative spelling of re-solve.
- To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
- (chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
- (rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
- (optics) To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
- To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
- (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
- (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
- (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- (computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
- (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
noun
- The property of being persistent.
- persistent determination
- (mathematics) The number of times an operation can be iteratively applied to a number before it reaches a permanently constant state.
- (computer science) Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination of the program.
- (meteorology) Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).
- the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
- the property of a continuous and connected period of time
noun
- persistent determination
- The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
- The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
- The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
- (physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
- The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
verb
- be stubborn in resolution or resistance
- distinguish oneself
- steer away from shore, of ships
- be highly noticeable
- (intransitive) To be extraordinary and different or to have features and qualities which make someone or something special.
- (intransitive) To persist in opposition or resistance (against something); to refuse to comply (with someone).
- (intransitive) To be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to the surroundings.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail in a direction away from shore.
verb
adj
- Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
- stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- (of inanimate things) Not easily subdued or removed.
- (of a facial feature) Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving.
verb
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- hold the phone line open
- fix to; attach
- To weigh down or oppress.
- To keep; to store something for someone.
- To pay close attention to, or regard with (possibly obsequious) admiration.
- (chiefly imperative) To wait a moment.
- To hold, grasp, or grip.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, on.
- To depend upon.
- To persevere.
- To continually believe in something; to have faith in.
verb
- be persistent, refuse to stop
- retain possession of
- hold the phone line open
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
- hold firmly
- To grasp or grip firmly.
- (idiomatic) To retain an advantage.
- (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- (idiomatic) To persist.
- (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.
- (idiomatic) To remain loyal.
verb
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
adj
noun
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
adj
- (Maine) Stubborn.
- Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
- (finance) Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
- (informal) Full of ideas or imaginings.
- Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
- (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
- not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
- not based on fact or investigation
- indulging in or influenced by fancy
- being of the nature of a notion or concept
noun
adj
- Stubborn, intransigent.
- (by extension) Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.
- Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
- Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
- (chiefly hunting) Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
- Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.
- Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
- firm and dependable especially in loyalty
noun
verb
adj
- (figuratively) Stubborn; inflexible.
- (figuratively) Rigorous; severe; exacting.
- (figuratively) Solid or certain; not able to be disputed or questioned; irrefutable.
- Covered with iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal; armor-plated.
- sheathed in iron plates for protection
- without flaws or loopholes
- inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
noun
- A ship, vessel, or vehicle with a covering of iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal.
- (military) An armor-plated warship, (especially) one preceding the invention of harveyized steel.
- A wooden warehouse with an outer skin of corrugated metal.
- a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor
adj
- stubbornly unyielding
- never-ceasing
- continually recurring to the mind
- retained; not shed
- (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) non-transient.
- (computing) Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.
- (botany) Lasting past maturity without falling off.
- Insistently repetitive.
- Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
- Indefinitely continuous.
- (mathematics) Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
adj
- Stubborn; obstinate. (of a person)
- Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
- (medicine) Difficult to treat (of a medical condition).
- Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. (of a problem)
- (mathematics, of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve.
- not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
adj
- (of a person) Stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence.
- (of a person or animal) Rugged or physically hardy.
- (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
- (of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.
- (of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
- Rowdy or rough.
- (of weather, etc.) Harsh or severe.
- (material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
- Strict, not lenient.
- violent and lawless
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- unfortunate or hard to bear
- not given to gentleness or sentimentality
- very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
- resistant to cutting or chewing
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
- physically toughened
- substantially made or constructed
intj
noun
verb
adj
adj
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- marked by stubborn resistance to authority
- Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.
- Unwilling to cooperate socially.
- Difficult to deal with or to operate.
- (botany, of seed, pollen, spores) Not viable for an extended period; damaged by drying or freezing.
noun
adj
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus
- not responding to treatment
- (biology) Incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus.
- Not affected by great heat.
- Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something.
- (medicine) Resistant to treatment; not responding adequately to therapy.
noun
noun
adj
verb
adj
- Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
- stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- (of inanimate things) Not easily subdued or removed.
- (of a facial feature) Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving.