STUMP
\stˈʌmp], \stˈʌmp], \s_t_ˈʌ_m_p]\
Definitions of STUMP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"
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the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
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the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
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remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"
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travel through a district and make political speeches; "the candidate stumped the Northeast"
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walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"
By Princeton University
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cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"
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walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow i their heavy boots"
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the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
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the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
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remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"
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travel through a district and make political speeches; "the candidate stumped the Northeast"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.
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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.
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The legs; as, to stir one's stumps.
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One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
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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.
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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.
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To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.
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To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub.
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To challenge; also, to nonplus.
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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.
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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.
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To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket.
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To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.
By Oddity Software
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That part of a tree which remains in the ground after the trunk is cut down; the part, as of an arm or leg, remaining after a portion has been cut off; a place for political speaking; hence, political speaking.
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To walk heavily and stiffly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The extremity of a limb left after amputation; the pedicle remaining after removal of the tumor which was attached to it.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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The part of a tree left in the ground after the trunk is cut down: the part of a body remaining after apart is cut off or destroyed: one of the three sticks forming a wicket in cricket.
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To reduce to a stump: to cut off a part of: to knock down the wickets in cricket when the batsman is out of his ground.
By Daniel Lyons
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To challenge.
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To bring to a halt.
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To walk on or as on stumps; tramp heavily.
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Of or pertaining to a stump.
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That portion of a tree left standing when the tree is felled.
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The end, as of a limb, that remains when the main part has been removed.
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The legs.
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A platform where a stump speech is made.
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Stumpy.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Legs.
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The part of a tree remaining in the earth after the trunk is cut down; the part of a limb or other body remaining after the rest is amputated or destroyed; in cricket, one of the sticks of a wicket; a roll of leather or paper used to smear the crayon or pencil drawing in order to produce a tint.
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To lop; to travel over, speechifying; in cricket, to put out by knocking down the wicket.
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To walk heavily or clumsily; to go about speechifying.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The end remaining after something has been cut off; the remaining part of the branch of a tree, after being cut down; in cricket, one of a set of three rods or posts of wood which support the bails and constitute the wicket; an artist's soft pencil or rubber.
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To lop; to curtail; to walk about heavily and clumsily; to deliver electioneering speeches.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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The part remaining from which a limb or other part has been amputated or removed in any manner. Also, the portion of a tooth remaining in the alveolus, after the corona has been removed, (F.) Chicot.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [German, Danish, Swedish, Dutch] The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is out off ; stub ;-the part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed ;-in cricket, one of three straight rods which support the bail and constitute the wicket :-a short, thick roll of leather or paper cut to a point, and used to shade or colour a crayon or pencil drawing ; a stimp ;-pl. Legs.
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