| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pole, often wooden |
| Synonyms: | bar, bat, baton, billet, birch, bludgeon, board, branch, cane, club, cudgel, drumstick, ferrule, ingot, mast, rod, rule, ruler, shoot, slab, slat, staff, stake, stalk, stave, stem, strip, switch, timber, twig, wand, wedge |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | poke with pointed object |
| Synonyms: | dig, drive, gore, impale, insert, jab, penetrate, pierce, pin, plunge, prod, puncture, ram, run, sink, spear, stab, thrust, transfix |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | position, lay |
| Synonyms: | deposit, drop, establish, fix, install, place, plant, plonk, plunk, put, set, settle, store, stuff |
| Antonyms: | displace, remove |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, bear up under, brook, get on with, go, grin and bear it, last, persist, put up with, see through, stand, stay, stomach*, suffer, support, take, take it, tolerate, weather |
| Antonyms: | disobey, forget, refuse |
| Main Entry: | attach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, fasten |
| Synonyms: | add, adhere, affix, annex, append, bind, connect, couple, fix, hitch on, hitch up, hook on, hook up, latch onto, link, make fast, prefix, rivet, secure, slap on, stick, tag on, tie, unite |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, disjoin, remove, separate, sever, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | backwoods |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | forests; land distant from settled area |
| Synonyms: | backcountry, boondocks, frontier, hinterland, interior, isolation, outback, rural area, sticks, terra incognita, timberland, woodland |
| Main Entry: | baffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perplex |
| Synonyms: | addle, amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor*, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump, stun, throw |
| Antonyms: | clear up, enlighten, explain |
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rod; straight length of material |
| Synonyms: | batten, billet, boom, crossbar, crosspiece, ingot, lever, paling, pig, pole, rail, rib, rule, shaft, slab, spar, spoke, stake, stick, streak, strip, stripe, stroke |
| Main Entry: | beanpole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a tall, thin person |
| Synonyms: | beanstalk, broomstick, hatrack, stick*, string bean |