stump
noun
1. the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
Definition categories: plant
2. the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
Definition categories: body
3. (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket
Definition categories: man–made, post
4. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
Similar word(s): ambo, dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox
Definition categories: man–made, platform
Sentences with stump as a noun:
- to stir one's stumps
verb
1. cause to be perplexed or confounded
- This problem stumped her
Definition categories: cognition, amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
2. walk heavily
Definition categories: motion, walk
3. travel through a district and make political speeches
- the candidate stumped the Northeast
Definition categories: competition, campaign, run
4. remove tree stumps from
- stump a field
Definition categories: change, clear
Sentences with stump as a verb:
- This last question has me stumped.
- He’s been stumping for that reform for months.