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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



... finger is cut clean off, pick the piece up and wash it and the stump clean and then place the cut off part against the stump and tie on, or stick on with adhesive plaster. It ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter
... cowpuncher disappeared through the door, Cinnabar Joe's eyes narrowed. "You damn skunk!" he muttered, biting viciously upon the stump of his cigar. "If you was drinkin' anything I'd switch glasses on you, an' then shoot it out with you when you come to. From now on it's you or me. You've got your hooks into me an' this is only ...
— The Texan - A Story of the Cattle Country • James B. Hendryx
... I'm doing, sitting over here in the grass like a stump," said Hilary. "If he takes me for one, he must think I've got ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 • Charles Dudley Warner
... from the influences of modern civilisation. The old shambles still stand in the shadow of the Tolbooth, the somewhat gaunt but not altogether unpleasing building that occupies a central position in the village. Adjoining the shambles is the broken stump of the market-cross raised upon its old steps, and close by also is the entrance to the churchyard. The church occupies a picturesque position, and contains, besides the Elizabethan brass to Lady Brooke, a parvise chamber over the old porch. This little room is approached ...
— The Evolution Of An English Town • Gordon Home
... of riding in a locomotive cab, where, with the constant rattle and roar, conversation is very difficult, the engineman, Truman Stump, had become a most reticent man, who rarely spoke unless it was necessary. He had thus gained the reputation of being ill-tempered and morose, which was exactly what he was not. Everybody admitted, though, that he was a first-class engine-driver, and one who could always be relied ...
— Cab and Caboose - The Story of a Railroad Boy • Kirk Munroe


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