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Noun 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
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Verb adhere, affix
Synonyms: attach, be bogged down, become embedded, become immobilized, bind, bond, braze, catch, cement, clasp, cleave, cling, cling like ivy, clog, cohere, fasten, fix, freeze to, fuse, glue, hold, hold fast, hold on, hug, jam, join, linger, lodge, paste, persist, remain, snag, solder, stay, stay put, stick like barnacle, stick together, unite, weld
Antonyms: loosen, unfasten, unfix, unstick
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Verb poke with pointed object
Synonyms: dig, drive, gore, impale, insert, jab, penetrate, pierce, pin, plunge, prod, puncture, ram, run, sink, spear, stab, thrust, transfix
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Verb position, lay
Synonyms: deposit, drop, establish, fix, install, place, plant, plonk, plunk, put, set, settle, store, stuff
Antonyms: displace, remove
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Verb 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