[stuhmp] 
,| 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 post 1 (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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 24. | up a stump, Informal. at a loss; embarrassed; perplexed: Sociologists are up a stump over the sharp rise in juvenile delinquency and crime. |
stump (stŭmp)
n.
The extremity of a limb left after amputation.
The pedicle remaining after removal of the tumor to which it was attached.