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stump I. \ˈstəmp\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English stumpe, stompe; akin to Middle Dutch stompe, stomp stub, stump, stomp blunt, Old High German stumpf stub, stump, stumpf mutilated, Old English stempan to stamp — more at stamp 1. a. : the basal portion of a limb or other part of the body remaining after the rest of it is removed < the stump of his severed hand — Hamilton Basso > < closure of the duodenal stump — F.W.Bancroft > b. : a rudimentary or vestigal growth or part of an organism < the cervical stump > < motor nerve stump > 2. a. : the part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off : stub — compare snag b. : a walnut stub including the underground portion that is used in making veneers c. : the base of a tree d. : the stalk of a plant after the leaves have been removed < cabbage stumps > 3. a. : leg — usually used in plural < stir your stumps, step lively > b. : an artificial leg < wore … a heavy wooden stump, which made a wooden sound as he walked — Osbert Sitwell > 4. a. : the remaining part of something that has been worn down or used up : stub < pencil stump > < cigarette stump > b. : the portion of a worn or broken tooth remaining in the gum < having the stumps extracted > c. : a mountain peak reduced from a former height or size by some natural force < stumps of much higher mountains of an earlier day — W.W.Atwood †1949 > d. : the stub of a ship's mast < the hulks or prison ships were old vessels reduced to their stumps > 5. a. stumps plural : hair cut down or growing close to the skin : stubble b. : pinfeather 6. a. : a short pillar used as a barrier or marker : post b. : a small pillar at the entrance to a room in a mine 7. a. : one of the three pointed rods used in cricket that are stuck in the ground and topped with two bails to form a wicket b. [short for stumper] : wicketkeeper 8. a. archaic : a tree stump used as a platform especially by a political speaker b. : a place or occasion for political public speaking < supported it actively on the stump and was elected — J.C.Yonge > 9. a. : a small piece or projection in a lock for the attachment of another part or the reception of a screw or a rivet b. : fence 6 10. : a miniature anvil in a watchmaker's staking set • - go on the stump - up a stump II. adjective : shaped like or suggesting a stump < a stump arm > III. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) transitive verb 1. : to cut off a part of : reduce to a stump : trim < stumping the plants > 2. : to dismiss (a cricket batsman who is out of his ground in attempting to play a bowled ball) by breaking the wicket with the ball — sometimes used with out; abbr. st 3. a. : to challenge to do something difficult or daring b. : to block the progress or efforts of : perplex, confound < a mystery that still stumps everyone — New Yorker > < to become a universal genius and stump the experts — Nation's Business > < a problem that had stumped the mind of man for ages — M.R.Cohen > 4. a. : to dig out by the roots < stumped all the trees on the place > b. : to take or burn stumps out of (land) < land … which we hoped to stump and plow ready for sowing — Alice F. Webb > 5. chiefly Britain a. : to pay out or come across with (money) — usually used with up < have been very decent and stumped up half a quid each — Dorothy Sayers > b. : to cause (a person) to become penniless < coming home from the races stumped > 6. : to travel over (a region) making political speeches or supporting a cause < stumped the country by air, train, and automobile caravans — T.L.Stokes > < was stumping the country for the league — Dixon Wecter > 7. a. : to walk over heavily or clumsily < stumping the deck by the hour > < rising laboriously to the tips of my … shoes, I stumped the width of the bed and back again — Agnes deMille > b. : to strike (as the toe) against something : stub < those stupid roads … where you stumped your toe all the time — Samuel Selvon > intransitive verb 1. : to walk heavily or noisily : stumble < spat his contempt and stumped away — Roderick Finlayson > < stumped through the puddles — Mollie Panter-Downes > < stumping along eagerly on his iron support — T.B.Costain > 2. chiefly Britain : to pay over money — usually used with up < if this was a bank, they'd have to stump up — Richard Llewellyn > 3. : to go about making political speeches or supporting a cause < stumped harder than ever, covering every county in the state — Time > — often used with for < stumping for these devices and their morale-building … virtues — David Riesman > IV. noun (-s) : dare, challenge V. noun or stomp \ˈstämp\ (-s) Etymology: French or Flemish; French estompe, from Flemish stump, stomp, literally, stub, from Middle Dutch stompe, stomp — more at stump I : 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 in powder VI. \ˈstəmp\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to tone or treat (a crayon drawing) with a stump |