stump

¹stump

noun \ˈstəmp\

Definition of STUMP

1

a : the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed

b : a rudimentary or vestigial bodily part

2

: the part of a plant and especially a tree remaining attached to the root after the trunk is cut

3

: a remaining part : stub

4

: one of the pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a cricket wicket

5

: a place or occasion for public speaking (as for a cause or candidate); also : the circuit followed by a maker of such speeches —used especially in the phrase on the stump

Origin of STUMP

Middle English stumpe; akin to Old High German stumpf stump and perhaps to Middle English stampen to stamp

First Known Use: 14th century

Other Wood Production Terms

cord, lumber, punk

Rhymes with STUMP

bump, chump, clomp, clump, comp, crump, dump, flump, frump, grump, hump, jump, lump, plump, pump, rump, schlump, slump, sump, thump, trump, tump, ump, whump

²stump

verb

Definition of STUMP

transitive verb

1

: to reduce to a stump : trim

2

a : dare, challenge

b : to frustrate the progress or efforts of : baffle

3

: to clear (land) of stumps

4

: to travel over (a region) making political speeches or supporting a cause

5

a : to walk over heavily or clumsily

b : stub 3

intransitive verb

1

: to walk heavily or clumsily

2

: to go about making political speeches or supporting a cause

— stump·er noun

First Known Use of STUMP

1581

³stump

noun

Definition of STUMP

: a short thick roll of leather, felt, or paper usually pointed at both ends and used for shading or blending a drawing in crayon, pencil, charcoal, pastel, or chalk

Origin of STUMP

French or Dutch dialect; French estompe, from Dutch dialect stomp, literally, stub, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old High German stumpf stump

First Known Use: 1778

Other Fine Arts Terms

Gothic, baroque, bas-relief, limn, oeuvre, pastiche, rococo, sfumato

⁴stump

transitive verb

Definition of STUMP

: to tone or treat (a drawing) with a stump

First Known Use of STUMP

1807

Other Fine Arts Terms

Gothic, baroque, bas-relief, limn, oeuvre, pastiche, rococo, sfumato

stump

noun \ˈstəmp\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of STUMP

1

: the basal portion of a bodily part (as a limb) remaining after the rest is removed

2

: a rudimentary or vestigial bodily part