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Stump   /stəmp/   Listen
Stump

noun
1.
The base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled.  Synonym: tree stump.
2.
The part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed.
3.
(cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket.
4.
A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.  Synonyms: ambo, dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox.
verb
(past & past part. stumped; pres. part. stumping)
1.
Cause to be perplexed or confounded.  Synonym: mix up.
2.
Walk heavily.  Synonyms: stamp, stomp.
3.
Travel through a district and make political speeches.
4.
Remove tree stumps from.



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"Stump" Quotes from Famous Books



... circumstance of a murderer, named Eli Hatton, having been gibbeted on Pingry Tump, a point on the Forest hills overlooking the town, the flies from the body being supposed to resort to the meat on the butchers' stalls. The body was cut down in the night time, but the stump of the gallows is yet remembered by old inhabitants as "Eli's Post," and as a spot to be avoided, ...
— The Forest of Dean - An Historical and Descriptive Account • H. G. Nicholls
 
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... shabby, pigskin card-case and a stump of lead pencil, at which latter he looked with what seemed to me much more interest than was deserved ...
— The Mystery of 31 New Inn • R. Austin Freeman
 
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... said the man, with a quiet smile. 'Fear is not a disease that attacks Sapeurs, as your Majesty knows; but if I change my leg of flesh for a wooden stump, I shall never be able to return to the regiment, and I would rather be buried ...
— Chatterbox, 1905. • Various
 
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... the stumps of the trees, which had been cut away to open a passage, were left standing three feet high. Over these, the high-hung Deerborn, as our carriage was called, passed safely; but it required some miles of experience to convince us that every stump would not be our last; it was amusing to watch the cool and easy skill with which the driver wound his horses and wheels among these stumps. I thought he might have been imported to Bond street with great advantage. ...
— Domestic Manners of the Americans • Fanny Trollope
 
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... going to crawl under a hollow stump, for he thought perhaps the noise might be made by a bad wolf, or a savage fox, sharpening his teeth on a hard log, when ...
— Bully and Bawly No-Tail • Howard R. Garis
 
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