Definition of Stump

1. Noun. The base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled.

Exact synonyms: Tree Stump
Generic synonyms: Plant Part, Plant Structure
Group relationships: Tree
Specialized synonyms: Stool

2. Verb. Cause to be perplexed or confounded. "The performance is likely to stump Sue"; "This problem stumped her"
Exact synonyms: Mix Up
Generic synonyms: Amaze, Baffle, Beat, Bewilder, Dumbfound, Flummox, Get, Gravel, Mystify, Nonplus, Perplex, Pose, Puzzle, Stick, Stupefy, Vex
Derivative terms: Stumper

3. Noun. The part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed.
Generic synonyms: Body Part
Group relationships: Tooth, Limb

4. Verb. Walk heavily. "The children stump to the playground"; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"
Exact synonyms: Stamp, Stomp
Generic synonyms: Walk
Derivative terms: Stamper, Stomp, Stomper

5. Noun. (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket.
Category relationships: Cricket
Generic synonyms: Post
Group relationships: Grille, Lattice, Wicket

6. Verb. Travel through a district and make political speeches. "The candidate stumped the Northeast"
Generic synonyms: Campaign, Run

7. Noun. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
Exact synonyms: Ambo, Dais, Podium, Pulpit, Rostrum, Soapbox
Generic synonyms: Platform

8. Verb. Remove tree stumps from. "Stump a field"
Generic synonyms: Clear

Definition of Stump

1. n. The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

2. v. t. To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.

3. v. i. To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.

Definition of Stump

1. to baffle [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: baffle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stump

stumbler
stumblers
stumbles
stumblier
stumbling
stumblingly
stumbling block
stumbly
stumer
stumers
stumm
stummed
stummel
stummels
stumming
stump (current term)
stumpage
stumpages
stumped
stumper
stumpers
stumpier
stumpies
stumpiest
stumpily
stumping
stumpknocker
stumps
stumpy
stump speech

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