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stick out

verb

1. extend out or project in space (Freq. 1)

- His sharp nose jutted out

- A single rock sticks out from the cliff

• Syn: ↑protrude, ↑jut out, ↑jut, ↑project

• Hyponyms:

• Verb Frames:

- Something ——s

- Something is ——ing PP

2. be highly noticeable

• Hypernyms: ↑look, ↑appear, ↑seem

• Verb Frames:

- Something ——s

- Something is ——ing PP

- It ——s that CLAUSE

3. put up with something or somebody unpleasant

- I cannot bear his constant criticism

- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks

- he learned to tolerate the heat

- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage

• Syn:

• Derivationally related forms:

• Hypernyms: ↑permit, ↑allow, ↑let, ↑countenance

• Hyponyms:

• Verb Group: ↑suffer

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

- Somebody ——s somebody

- Somebody ——s PP
(for: ↑put up)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.