'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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addle,
- address,
- afterglow,
- afterimage,
- air brush,
- amaze,
- amble,
- art paper,
- baffle,
- balance,
- balcony,
- balk,
- bamboozle,
- barge,
- barnstorm,
- beat,
- bewilder,
- bit,
- bitter end,
- blast,
- boggle,
- bottom dollar,
- boundary,
- bowl along,
- brave,
- bring up short,
- brush,
- buffalo,
- bundle,
- butt,
- butt end,
- camera lucida,
- camera obscura,
- campaign,
- candle ends,
- canvas,
- canvass,
- cartel,
- catafalque,
- chaff,
- chalk,
- challenge,
- charcoal,
- checkmate,
- chip,
- chip in,
- chug on,
- chunk,
- circumvent,
- clip,
- clipping,
- clump,
- collop,
- confound,
- confront,
- confuse,
- contravene,
- contribute,
- cough up,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- crayon,
- cross,
- crumb,
- cut,
- cutting,
- dais,
- dare,
- dash,
- daze,
- debris,
- defeat,
- defi,
- defy,
- deliver an address,
- destroy,
- detritus,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- discourse,
- dish,
- disrupt,
- dollop,
- donate,
- drag,
- drawing paper,
- drawing pencil,
- drier,
- dumbfound,
- easel,
- electioneer,
- elude,
- emplacement,
- end,
- estrade,
- extreme,
- extremity,
- fag end,
- farthest bound,
- filings,
- fixative,
- floor,
- flounce,
- flummox,
- foil,
- foot,
- footslog,
- fork out,
- fossil,
- fragment,
- frustrate,
- fuddle,
- gallery,
- get,
- give a talk,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- ground,
- halt,
- heliport,
- hippety-hop,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- holdover,
- hop,
- hunk,
- husks,
- hustings,
- jog,
- jog on,
- jolt,
- jump,
- jumping-off place,
- keep in suspense,
- knock the chocks,
- landing,
- landing pad,
- landing stage,
- launching pad,
- lay figure,
- leavings,
- leftovers,
- lick,
- limit,
- limp,
- lumber,
- lump,
- lunge,
- lurch,
- maulstick,
- maze,
- medium,
- mince,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- morsel,
- muddle,
- mystify,
- nib,
- nonplus,
- odds and ends,
- offscourings,
- orts,
- pace,
- paddle,
- paint,
- paintbrush,
- palette,
- palette knife,
- paring,
- parings,
- particle,
- pastel,
- pay out,
- pay up,
- peg,
- pencil,
- perplex,
- piaffe,
- piaffer,
- piece,
- pigments,
- platform,
- plod,
- plod along,
- plug,
- plug along,
- podium,
- point,
- pole,
- prance,
- pulpit,
- puzzle,
- rack,
- rags,
- rasher,
- refuse,
- relics,
- remainder,
- remains,
- remnant,
- residue,
- residuum,
- rest,
- ring doorbells,
- roach,
- roll,
- rostrum,
- rub on,
- rubbish,
- ruin,
- ruins,
- rump,
- sabotage,
- sashay,
- saunter,
- sawdust,
- schlep,
- scoop,
- scotch,
- scourings,
- scrap,
- scraps,
- scratchboard,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- scuttle,
- shadow,
- shamble,
- shard,
- shaving,
- shavings,
- shell out,
- shiver,
- shred,
- shuffle,
- siccative,
- sidle,
- single-foot,
- sketchbook,
- sketchpad,
- skip,
- slice,
- slink,
- slither,
- sliver,
- slog,
- slouch,
- smithereen,
- snack,
- snatch,
- snip,
- snippet,
- soapbox,
- solicit votes,
- spatula,
- speak,
- speechify,
- spike,
- splinter,
- spoil,
- spray gun,
- stage,
- stagger,
- stalk,
- stamp,
- step terrace,
- stick,
- stitch,
- stomp,
- stonewall,
- stop,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- straw,
- stride,
- stroll,
- strut,
- stub,
- stubble,
- stumble,
- stump the country,
- stump up,
- stymie,
- survival,
- swagger,
- sweepings,
- swing,
- tag,
- tag end,
- tail,
- tail end,
- take the floor,
- take the stump,
- talk,
- tatter,
- terrace,
- throw,
- Thule,
- thwart,
- tip,
- tittup,
- toddle,
- totter,
- trace,
- traipse,
- tramp,
- tribunal,
- tribune,
- trip,
- trudge,
- Ultima Thule,
- upset,
- varnish,
- vestige,
- waddle,
- wamble,
- waste,
- whistle-stop,
- wiggle,
- wobble