Stump
11stump — ► NOUN 1) the part of a tree trunk left projecting from the ground after the rest has fallen or been felled. 2) a projecting remnant of something worn away or cut or broken off. 3) Cricket each of the three upright pieces of wood which form a… …
12Stump — Stump, v. i. To walk clumsily, as if on stumps. [1913 Webster] {To stump up}, to pay cash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] …
13stump — [n] end piece butt, end, projection, stub, tail end, tip; concepts 825,827 stump [v1] confuse, bewilder baffle, bring up short, confound, dumbfound, foil, mystify, nonplus, outwit, perplex, puzzle, stagger, stick, stop, stymie; concept 16 Ant.… …
14stump|er — «STUHM puhr», noun. U.S. Informal. 1. a person or thing that stumps. 2. Figurative. a puzzling or baffling question or problem: »This was a stumper; I had been asked it dozens of times since I had arrived in Britain (New Yorker). 3. = stump… …
15stump — index confuse (bewilder) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16Stump — Stump(Stumpen)m 1.unteresReststück;Stumpf.NiederdundmitteldFormfüroberd»Stumpf«.1600ff. 2.Penis.Analogzu⇨Stummel3.Seitdem19.Jh …
17Stump(en) — Sm Baumstumpf , übertragen Rohform eines Filzhuts, abgeschnittene Zigarre erw. fach. (14. Jh.) Stammwort. Könnte an sich die niederdeutsche Entsprechung zu stumpf sein, ist aber auch schon oberdeutsch alt, deshalb wohl eher näher zu Stummel… …
18stump — stumpless, adj. stumplike, adj. /stump/, n. 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… …
19stump — {{11}}stump (n.) mid 14c., 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… …
20stump — [[t]stʌ̱mp[/t]] stumps, stumping, stumped 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A stump is a small part of something that remains when the rest of it has been removed or broken off. If you have a tree stump, check it for fungus... The tramp produced a stump… …
