Stump

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Stump, n. [OE. stumpe, stompe; akin to D. stomp, G. stumpf, Icel. stumpr, Dan. & Sw. stump, and perhaps also to E. stamp.].

•  The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.  [1913 Webster]
•  The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.  [1913 Webster]
•  The legs; as, to stir one's stumps.  [1913 Webster]
•  One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.  [1913 Webster]
•  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, etc., in powder.  [1913 Webster]
•  A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.  [1913 Webster]

Leg stump (Cricket), the stump nearest to the batsman. -- Off stump (Cricket), the stump farthest from the batsman. -- Stump tracery (Arch.), a term used to describe late German Gothic tracery, in which the molded bar seems to pass through itself in its convolutions, and is then cut off short, so that a section of the molding is seen at the end of each similar stump. -- To go on the stump, or To take the stump, to engage in making public addresses for electioneering purposes; -- a phrase derived from the practice of using a stump for a speaker's platform in newly-settled districts. Hence also the phrases stump orator, stump speaker, stump speech, stump oratory, etc. [Colloq. U.S.]

Stump, v. t. 

•  To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.  [1913 Webster]

  "Around the stumped top soft moss did grow."  [1913 Webster]
•  To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub.  [1913 Webster]
•  To challenge; also, to nonplus.  [1913 Webster]
•  To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n.  [1913 Webster]
•  To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out.  [1913 Webster]

  "A herd of boys with clamor bowled,
  And stumped the wicket."  [1913 Webster]

To stump it. (a) To go afoot; hence, to run away; to escape. [Slang] Ld. Lytton. (b) To make electioneering speeches. [Colloq. U.S.]

Stump, v. i. 

 To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.  [1913 Webster]

To stump up, to pay cash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Stump, n. & v.
--n.
1 the projecting remnant of a cut or fallen tree.
2 the similar remnant of anything else (e.g. a branch or limb) cut off or worn down.
3 Cricket each of the three uprights of a wicket.
4 (in pl.) joc. the legs.
5 the stump of a tree, or other place, used by an orator to address a meeting.
6 a cylinder of rolled paper or other material with conical ends for softening pencil-marks and other uses in drawing.
--v.
1 tr. (of a question etc.) be too hard for; puzzle.
2 tr. (as stumped adj.) at a loss; baffled.
3 tr. Cricket (esp. of a wicket-keeper) put (a batsman) out by touching the stumps with the ball while the batsman is out of the crease.
4 intr. walk stiffly or noisily as on a wooden leg.
5 tr. (also absol.) US traverse (a district) making political speeches.
6 tr. use a stump on (a drawing, line, etc.).

Idiom

on the stump colloq. engaged in political speech-making or agitation. stump up Brit. colloq. pay or produce (the money required). up a stump US in difficulties.

Etymology

ME stompe f. MDu. stomp, OHG stumpf

THESAURUS

Stump

Thule, Ultima Thule, addle, address, afterglow, afterimage, air brush, amaze, amble, art paper, baffle, balance, balcony, balk, bamboozle, barge, barnstorm, beat, bewilder, bit, bitter end, blast, boggle, bottom dollar, boundary, bowl along, brave, bring up short, brush, buffalo, bundle, butt, butt end, camera lucida, camera obscura, campaign, candle ends, canvas, canvass, cartel, catafalque, chaff, chalk, challenge, charcoal, checkmate, chip, chip in, chug on, chunk, circumvent, clip, clipping, clump, collop, confound, confront, confuse, contravene, contribute, cough up, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, crayon, cross, crumb, cut, cutting, dais, dare, dash, daze, debris, defeat, defi, defy, deliver an address, destroy, detritus, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, discourse, dish, disrupt, dollop, donate, drag, drawing paper, drawing pencil, drier, dumbfound, easel, electioneer, elude, emplacement, end, estrade, extreme, extremity, fag end, farthest bound, filings, fixative, floor, flounce, flummox, foil, foot, footslog, fork out, fossil, fragment, frustrate, fuddle, gallery, get, give a talk, gob, gobbet, ground, halt, heliport, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, holdover, hop, hunk, husks, hustings, jog, jog on, jolt, jump, jumping-off place, keep in suspense, knock the chocks, landing, landing pad, landing stage, launching pad, lay figure, leavings, leftovers, lick, limit, limp, lumber, lump, lunge, lurch, maulstick, maze, medium, mince, modicum, moiety, morsel, muddle, mystify, nib, nonplus, odds and ends, offscourings, orts, pace, paddle, paint, paintbrush, palette, palette knife, paring, parings, particle, pastel, pay out, pay up, peg, pencil, perplex, piaffe, piaffer, piece, pigments, platform, plod, plod along, plug, plug along, podium, point, pole, prance, pulpit, puzzle, rack, rags, rasher, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, ring doorbells, roach, roll, rostrum, rub on, rubbish, ruin, ruins, rump, sabotage, sashay, saunter, sawdust, schlep, scoop, scotch, scourings, scrap, scraps, scratchboard, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shadow, shamble, shard, shaving, shavings, shell out, shiver, shred, shuffle, siccative, sidle, single-foot, sketchbook, sketchpad, skip, slice, slink, slither, sliver, slog, slouch, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, soapbox, solicit votes, spatula, speak, speechify, spike, splinter, spoil, spray gun, stage, stagger, stalk, stamp, step terrace, stick, stitch, stomp, stonewall, stop, straddle, straggle, straw, stride, stroll, strut, stub, stubble, stumble, stump the country, stump up, stymie, survival, swagger, sweepings, swing, tag, tag end, tail, tail end, take the floor, take the stump, talk, tatter, terrace, throw, thwart, tip, tittup, toddle, totter, trace, traipse, tramp, tribunal, tribune, trip, trudge, upset, varnish, vestige, waddle, wamble, waste, whistle-stop, wiggle, wobble

ROGET THESAURUS

Stump

Speech

VB speak of, say, utter, pronounce, deliver, give utterance to, utter forth, pour forth, breathe, let fall, come out with, rap out, blurt out have on one's lips, have at the end of one's tongue, have at the tip of one's tongue, break silence, open one's lips, open one's mouth, lift one's voice, raise one's voice, give the tongue, wag the tongue, talk, outspeak, put in a word or two, hold forth, make a speech, deliver a speech, speechify, harangue, declaim, stump, flourish, recite, lecture, sermonize, discourse, be on one's legs, have one's say, say one's say, spout, rant, rave, vent one's fury, vent one's rage, expatiate, speak one's mind, go on the stump, take the stump, soliloquize, tell, speak to, talk together, be eloquent, have a tongue in one's head, have the gift of the gab, pass one's lips, escape one's lips, fall from the lips, fall from the mouth.

Remainder

N remainder, residue, remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic, leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts, residuum, dregs, refuse, stubble, result, educt, fag-end, ruins, wreck, skeleton, stump, alluvium, surplus, overplus, excess, balance, complement, superplus, surplusage, superfluity, survival, survivance, remaining, left, left behind left over, residual, residuary, over, odd, unconsumed, sedimentary, surviving, net, exceeding, over and above, outlying, outstanding, cast off, superfluous.

Part

N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.

Politics

VB run for office, stand for office, campaign, stump, throw one's hat in the ring, announce one's candidacy.

Journey

VB travel, journey, course, take a journey, go a journey, take a walk, go out for walk, have a run, take the air, flit, take wing, migrate, emigrate, trek, rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse, scour the country, traverse the country, peragrate, circumambulate, perambulate, nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle, gad, gad about, expatiate, walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare, promenade, trudge, tramp, stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle, paddle, tread a path, take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole, gallop, embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway, peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on, stir one's stumps, bend one's steps, bend one's course, make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way, slide, glide, coast, skim, skate, march in procession, file on, defile, go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.

Painting

N painting, depicting, drawing, design, perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy, chiaroscuro, composition, treatment, historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting, landscape painting, marine painting, still life, flower painting, scene painting, scenography, school, style, the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture, ornamental art, monochrome, polychrome, grisaille, pallet, palette, easel, brush, pencil, stump, black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel, paint, watercolor, body color, oil color, oils, oil paint, varnish, priming, gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass, enamel, encaustic painting, mosaic, tapestry, photography, heliography, color photography, sun painting, graphics, computer graphics, picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas, oil painting, fresco, cartoon, easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft, pencil drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink, sketch, outline, study, photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph, daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype, negative, positive, print, glossy print, matte print, enlargement, reduction, life-size print, instant photo, Polaroid photo, technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Polaroid, portrait, whole length, full length, half length, kitcat, head, miniature, shade, silhouette, profile, landscape, seapiece, view, scene, prospect, panorama, diorama, still life, picture gallery, exhibit, studio, atelier, pinacotheca, painted, pictorial, graphic, picturesque, pencil, oil, in pencil, fecit, delineavit, mutum est pictura poema.