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stump

[stuhmp] Pronunciation Key,

–noun

1.	the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.

2.	the part of a limb of the body remaining after the rest has been cut off.

3.	a part of a broken or decayed tooth left in the gum.

4.	a short remnant, as of a candle; stub.

5.	any basal part remaining after the main or more important part has been removed.

6.	an artificial leg.

7.	Usually, stumps. Informal. legs: Stir your stumps and get out of here.

8.	a short, stocky person.

9.	a heavy step or gait, as of a wooden-legged or lame person.

10.	the figurative place of political speechmaking: to go on the stump.

11.	Furniture. a support for the front end of the arm of a chair, sofa, etc. Compare post¹ (def. 2).

12.	a short, thick roll of paper, soft leather, or some similar material, usually having a blunt point, for rubbing a pencil, charcoal, or crayon drawing in order to achieve subtle gradations of tone in representing light and shade.

13.	Cricket. each of the three upright sticks that, with the two bails laid on top of them, form a wicket.

–verb (used with object)

14.	to reduce to a stump; truncate; lop.

15.	to clear of stumps, as land.

16.	Chiefly Southern U.S. to stub, as one's toe.

17.	to nonplus, embarrass, or render completely at a loss: This riddle stumps me.

18.	to challenge or dare to do something.

19.	to make political campaign speeches to or in: to stump a state.

20.	Cricket. (of the wicketkeeper) to put (a batsman) out by knocking down a stump or by dislodging a bail with the ball held in the hand at a moment when the batsman is off his ground.

21.	to tone or modify (a crayon drawing, pencil rendering, etc.) by means of a stump.

–verb (used without object)

22.	to walk heavily or clumsily, as if with a wooden leg: The captain stumped across the deck.

23.	to make political campaign speeches; electioneer.

—Idiom

24.	up a stump, Informal. at a loss; embarrassed; perplexed: Sociologists are up a stump over the sharp rise in juvenile delinquency and crime.

[Origin: 1200–50; (n.) ME stompe, c. or < MLG stump(e), MD stomp (cf. G Stumpf); (v.) ME stumpen to stumble (as over a stump), deriv. of the n.

]

—Related forms

stumpless, adjective

stumplike, adjective

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stump (stŭmp) Pronunciation Key
n.

The part of a tree trunk left protruding from the ground after the tree has fallen or has been felled.
A part, as of a branch, limb, or tooth, remaining after the main part has been cut away, broken off, or worn down.
1. stumps Informal The legs.
2. An artificial leg.
A short, thickset person.
A heavy footfall.
A place or an occasion used for political or campaign oratory: candidates out on the stump.
A short, pointed roll of leather or paper or wad of rubber for rubbing on a charcoal or pencil drawing to shade or soften it.
Sports Any of the three upright sticks in a cricket wicket.

v. stumped, stump·ing, stumps

v. tr.

To reduce to a stump.
To clear stumps from: stump a field.
To stub (a toe or foot).
To walk over heavily or clumsily.
To traverse (a district or region) making political speeches.
To shade (a drawing) with a stump.
To challenge (someone); dare.
To cause to be at a loss; baffle: stumped the teacher with a question.

v. intr.

To walk heavily or clumsily.
To go about making political speeches.

[Middle English stumpe, possibly from Middle Low German stump.]

stump'er n., stump'i·ness n., stump'y adj.

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stump (n.)

c.1350, "remaining part of a severed arm or leg," from or cognate with M.L.G. stump (from adj. meaning "mutilated, blunt, dull"), M.Du. stomp "stump," from P.Gmc. *stump- (cf. O.N. stumpr, O.H.G., Ger. stumpf "stump," Ger. Stummel "piece cut off"), perhaps related to the root of stub or stamp, but the connection in each case presents difficulties. Earliest form of the word in Eng. is a now-obs. verb meaning "to stumble over a tree-stump or other obstacle," attested from c.1250. Meaning "part of a tree trunk left in the ground after felling" is from 1440. Sense of "walk clumsily" is first recorded 1600; that of "baffle" is first recorded 1807, perhaps in reference to plowing newly cleared land.

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stump (v.)

"to go on a speaking tour during a political campaign," 1838, Amer.Eng., from phrase stump speech (1820), from stump (n.), large tree stumps being a natural perch for rural orators (this custom is attested from 1775).

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stump
noun
1.	the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
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 [syn: dais]
verb
1.	cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"
2.	walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots" [syn: stomp]
3.	travel through a district and make political speeches; "the candidate stumped the Northeast"
4.	remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"

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stump (stŭmp)
n.

The extremity of a limb left after amputation.
The pedicle remaining after removal of the tumor to which it was attached.

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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.

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.

3. pl. The legs; as, to stir one's stumps. [Slang]

4. (Cricket) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.

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.

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.

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.]

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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.

Around the stumped top soft moss did grow. --Dr. H. More.

2. To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub. [Colloq.]

3. To challenge; also, to nonplus. [Colloq.]

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.]

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.

A herd of boys with clamor bowled, And stumped the wicket. --Tennyson.

To stump it. (a) To go afoot; hence, to run away; to escape. [Slang] --Ld. Lytton. (b) To make electioneering speeches. [Colloq. U.S.]

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Stump

Stump\, v. i. To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.

To stump up, to pay cash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

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