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Definition of 'stump'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) stump
the lower end of a tree trunk or plant left standing after the upper part falls or is cut off.

2.  stump
the part of a limb of the body remaining after the rest has been cut off.

3.  stump
a part of a broken or decayed tooth left in the gum.

4.  stump
any base part or short remnant remaining after the main part has been removed; stub.

5.  stump
an artificial leg.

6.  stump
Usu., stumps.Informal. the legs.

7.  stump
a short, stocky person.

8.  stump
a heavy, sometimes uneven step or gait.

9.  stump
the figurative place of political speechmaking:
to go on the stump.

10.  stump
a short, thick roll of paper, leather, etc., usu. having a blunt point, for rubbing a pencil, charcoal, or crayon drawing in order to achieve subtle gradations of tone in representing light and shade.

11.  stump
each of the three upright sticks that, with the two bails laid on top of them, form a wicket in cricket.

12. (v.t.) stump
to reduce to a stump; truncate; lop.

13.  stump
to clear of stumps, as land.

14.  stump
to nonplus or render completely at a loss:
The question stumped me.

15.  stump
to challenge or dare to do something.

16.  stump
to make political campaign speeches to or in:
to stump a state.

17.  stump
Chiefly Southern U.S. to stub, as one's toe.

18.  stump
(of the wicketkeeper in cricket) to put (a batsman) out by knocking down a stump or by dislodging a bail with the ball held in the hand while the batsman is off his ground.

19.  stump
to tone or modify (a drawing) with a stump.

20. (v.i.) stump
to walk heavily or clumsily, as if with a wooden leg.

21.  stump
to make political campaign speeches.

Definition of 'stump'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) stump, tree stump
the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled

2. (noun) stump
the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed

3. (noun) stump
(cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket

4. (verb) dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

5. (verb) stump, mix up
cause to be perplexed or confounded
"This problem stumped her"

6. (verb) stomp, stamp, stump
walk heavily
"The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"

7. (verb) stump
travel through a district and make political speeches
"the candidate stumped the Northeast"

8. (verb) stump
remove tree stumps from
"stump a field"

Definition of 'stump'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) stump
the part of a tree left after it has been cut down

2. stump
the part of a finger, arm, or leg that remains when the rest has been cut off

3. (verb) stump
to give sb a problem they cannot solve
The math problem stumped me.

Definition of 'stump'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) stump
the part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub

2. (noun) stump
the part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom

3. (noun) stump
the legs; as, to stir one's stumps

4. (noun) stump
one of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails

5. (noun) stump
a short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder

6. (noun) stump
a pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece

7. (noun) stump
to put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out

8. (noun) stump
to bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket

9. (verb) stump
to cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop

10. (verb) stump
to strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub

11. (verb) stump
to challenge; also, to nonplus

12. (verb) stump
to travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n

13. (verb) stump
to walk clumsily, as if on stumps

Translation of 'stump'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the part of a tree left in the ground after the trunk has been cut down He sat on a (tree-)stump and ate his sandwiches.
Afrikaans: stomp	Arabic: قُرْمَة الشَّجَرَه	Bulgarian: дънер
Brazilian: toco	Czech: pařez	German: der Stumpf
Danish: stub	Greek: κούτσουρο	Spanish: tocón, cepa
Estonian: känd	Farsi: كنده	Finnish: kanto
French: souche	Hebrew: גֶזָע כָּרוּת	Hindi: ठूंठ
Croatian: panj	Hungarian: (fa)tönk	Indonesian: tunggul kayu
Icelandic: stubbur, stúfur	Italian: ceppo	Japanese: 切株
Korean: 그루터기	Lithuanian: kelmas	Latvian: celms
Malay: tunggul kayu	Dutch: stronk	Norwegian: (tre)stubbe
Polish: pniak	Persian: كنده	Pashto: کنده
Portuguese: toco	Romanian: buştean	Russian: пень
Slovak: peň	Slovenian: štor	Serbian: panj
Swedish: stubbe	Thai: ตอไม้	Turkish: kütük
Taiwanese: 樹樁	Ukrainian: пень	Urdu: درخت کی ٹوٹی ہوءی شاخ
Vietnamese: gốc cây	Chinese: 树桩
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