'Stump' definitions:

Definition of 'stump'

From: WordNet
noun
The base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled [syn: stump, tree stump]
noun
The part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
noun
(cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket
noun
A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]
verb
Cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her" [syn: stump, mix up]
verb
Walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots" [syn: stomp, stamp, stump]
verb
Travel through a district and make political speeches; "the candidate stumped the Northeast"
verb
Remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"

Definition of 'Stump'

From: GCIDE
  • Stump \Stump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stumping.]
  • 1. To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop. [1913 Webster]
  • Around the stumped top soft moss did grow. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To challenge; also, to nonplus. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. 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. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Cricket) (a) 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. --T. Hughes. (b) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket. [1913 Webster]
  • A herd of boys with clamor bowled, And stumped the wicket. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • To stump it. (a) To go afoot; hence, to run away; to escape. [Slang] --Ld. Lytton. (b) To make electioneering speeches. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Stump'

From: GCIDE
  • Stump \Stump\, n. [OE. stumpe, stompe; akin to D. stomp, G. stumpf, Icel. stumpr, Dan. & Sw. stump, and perhaps also to E. stamp.]
  • 1. The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. pl. The legs; as, to stir one's stumps. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Cricket) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Leg stump (Cricket), the stump nearest to the batsman.
  • Off stump (Cricket), the stump farthest from the batsman.
  • Stump tracery (Arch.), a term used to describe late German Gothic tracery, in which the molded bar seems to pass through itself in its convolutions, and is then cut off short, so that a section of the molding is seen at the end of each similar stump.
  • To go on the stump, or To take the stump, to engage in making public addresses for electioneering purposes; -- a phrase derived from the practice of using a stump for a speaker's platform in newly-settled districts. Hence also the phrases stump orator, stump speaker, stump speech, stump oratory, etc. [Colloq. U.S.]
  • on the stump campaigning for public office; running for election to office. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Stump'

From: GCIDE
  • Stump \Stump\, v. i. To walk clumsily, as if on stumps. [1913 Webster]
  • To stump up, to pay cash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'stump'

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