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Noun stump has 4 senses
- stump, tree stump - the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
--1 is a kind of plant part, plant structure
--1 is a part of tree
--1 has particulars: stool
- stump - the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
--2 is a kind of body part
--2 is a part of limb; tooth
- stump - (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket
--3 is a kind of post
--3 is a part of wicket, lattice, grille
- dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox - a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
--4 is a kind of platform
Verb stump has 4 senses
- stump, mix up - cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"
--1 is one way to perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to stump Sue
- stomp, stamp, stump - walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"
--2 is one way to walk
Sample sentence:
The children stump to the playground
- stump - travel through a district and make political speeches; "the candidate stumped the Northeast"
--3 is one way to campaign, run
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- stump - remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"
--4 is one way to clear
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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