stump

CEFRB2

/stʌmp/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The bottom part of a tree left after it is cut down.

  2. 02

    verb

    To puzzle someone so they cannot answer.

Examples

  • But I have nothing left. I am just an old stump.

  • Tom sat on the stump loading his gun.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.

  2. The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.

  3. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.

More examples

In context

  • He’s been stumping for that reform for months.

  • This last question has me stumped.

  • to stir one's stumps

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English stumpe, stompe (“stump”), from or akin to Middle Low German stump (“stump”) or Middle Dutch stomp, from Old Saxon or Old Dutch *stump, from Proto-West Germanic *stump, from Proto-Germanic *stumpaz (“stump, blunt, part cut off”). Displaced native Old English stofn. Cognate with Middle Dutch stomp (“stump”), Old High German stumph (“stump”) (German Stumpf), Old Norse stumpr (“stump”). More at stop.