Definition of stump

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Stump (n.) The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

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Stump :: Stump (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
Stubbled :: Stubble (n.) The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle..
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To challenge; also, to nonplus..
Stunned :: Stumpy (a.) Short and thick; stubby.
Stump :: Stump (n.) The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.
Stumper :: Stumpage (n.) A tax on the amount of timber cut, regulated by the price of lumber..
Stumping :: Stumped (imp. & p. p.) of Stum.
Stumpiness :: Stumper (n.) A puzzling or incredible story.
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
Stumpy :: Stump-tailed (a.) Having a short, thick tail..
Extraction :: Extraction (n.) The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture..
Stubby :: Stubborn (a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule..
Sprout :: Sprout (v. i.) The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch..
Stumper :: Stumper (n.) One who stumps.
Scumbling :: Scumbling (n.) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger..
Scumble :: Scumble (v. t.) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect..
Stump :: Stump (n.) 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..
Stump :: Stump (n.) The legs; as, to stir one's stumps..
Snag :: Snag (n.) A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance..
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