stickling — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cutting noun A piece cut from a plant — a stem, leaf, or root — used to grow a new plant.
- graft noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
- layer noun A single thickness of material covering a surface, or one level in a stack of such materials.
- slip verb To lose one's footing or grip and slide accidentally.
Senses
stickling is used for these senses in English:
- cutting (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- graft (horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
- layer A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
- slip A twig or shoot; a cutting.
cutting — full definition
- noun A piece cut from a plant — a stem, leaf, or root — used to grow a new plant.
- noun A clipping cut from a newspaper or other printed text.
- noun A channel dug through higher ground at a lower level than the surrounding land, for a road, railway, or canal to pass through.
- adj Sharp or piercing, especially of remarks or criticism.
graft — full definition
- noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
- verb To transplant living tissue or a plant shoot onto another body or plant.
- noun Dishonest profit gained through abuse of power, especially in politics or business.
- noun Hard work, especially informal British usage for effort or labor.