Found 3 items, similar to stump.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: stump tunggul
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stump stump v 1: cause to be perplexed or confounded; “This problem stumped her” [syn: mix up] 2: walk heavily; “The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots” [syn: stomp, stamp] 3: travel through a district and make political speeches; “the candidate stumped the Northeast” 4: remove tree stumps from; “stump a field” stump n 1: the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled [syn: tree stump] 2: the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed 3: (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket 4: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, soapbox]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stump Stump \Stump\, n. [OE. stumpe, stompe; akin to D. stomp, G. stumpf, Icel. stumpr, Dan. & Sw. stump, and perhaps also to E. stamp.] 1. The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub. [1913 Webster] 2. 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] 3. pl. The legs; as, to stir one's stumps. [Slang] [1913 Webster] 4. (Cricket) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails. [1913 Webster] 5. 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] 6. 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.] on the stump campaigning for public office; running for election to office. [1913 Webster +PJC] Stump \Stump\, v. i. To walk clumsily, as if on stumps. [1913 Webster] To stump up, to pay cash. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] Stump \Stump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stumping.] 1. To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop. [1913 Webster] Around the stumped top soft moss did grow. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] 2. To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. To challenge; also, to nonplus. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster] 5. (Cricket) (a) 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. --T. Hughes. (b) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket. [1913 Webster] A herd of boys with clamor bowled, And stumped the wicket. --Tennyson. [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.] [1913 Webster]