stump 
stump (stump)
noun
- the lower end of a tree or plant remaining in the ground after most of the stem or trunk has been cut off
- anything like a stump; specif.,
- the part of a limb or tooth left after the rest has been cut off, broken off, etc.
- the part of anything left after the main part is gone; butt; stub the stump of a pencil
- ☆
Etymology: from earlier use of tree stumps as speakers' platforms
the place where a political speech is made; political rostrum: a figurative usage - the sound of a heavy, clumsy, tramping step
- such a step
- a pointed roll of leather or paper used for shading drawings in charcoal, pencil, crayon, pastel, etc.
- Slang the legs
- Cricket any of the three upright sticks of a wicket
Etymology: ME stumpfe, prob. < or akin to MLowG stump < IE *stomb- < base *steb(h)- > stamp, staff
transitive verb
- to reduce to a stump; lop
- to remove stumps from (land)
- ☆ to travel over (a district), making political speeches; canvass
- to tone down or soften with a stump (sense )
- Informal to stub (one's toes, etc.)
- ☆ Informal to puzzle, perplex, or baffle
- Cricket to put (a batsman) out by striking a bail from the wicket with the ball while the batsman is out of his or her ground: said of the wicketkeeper
intransitive verb
- to walk with a heavy, clumsy, thumping step, as with a wooden leg
- ☆ to travel about, making political speeches
up a stump
☆Informal unable to act, think, answer, etc.; in a dilemma; perplexed
Converse of object
- rot: The removal of a rotting tree stump may also allow for excavation within the ' shrine ' building.
- decay: Often the nest is built over a decaying tree stump which, along with other decaying organic matter, provides heat.
- hit: These Aussies can't even hit the stumps from 80 yards!
- miss: It takes you off track into a narrow taped chicane around fir trees, trying to miss stumps on the off side.
- remove: Hold the screw head in a vise, and knock the spade with a mallet or club hammer to remove the stump.
Adjective modifier
- shattered: Crops grow in the fields and tall trees in woods have replaced the shattered stumps of eighty years ago.
- rotten: Malcolm pointed to some rotten stumps with holes in, " a good example of Weka work " he muttered.
- middle: Judging from his expression, I had flattened his middle stump.
- broken: The helicopter then crashed, ending up with the broken stump of pole lying across the tail boom.
- off: Bowling slightly fuller than usual on or around off stump is the best tactic.
- mere: Both would be left as mere stumps in a wasteland.
Modifies a noun
- grinder: The stump has been ground down to around 6 " below lawn level with a stump grinder.
- removal: Tree stump removal on Palewell Park delayed due to access problems.
Noun used with modifier
- tree: A simple tree stump or large log turned on its end will normally suffice.
- leg: Leg stump - the stump on the leg side.
- cricket: Answer: 1988 3 ) What is the official height of cricket stumps?
- pine: There may be a few pine stumps among the Field Maple.
Particle object:
- cash: Too well, in fact, cos I keep having to somehow stump up the cash to get more done!
Preposition: of
- candle: On one corner of this was stuck the stump of a red wax candle.
Preposition: up
- cash: But the real issue for small firms is whether the EU is prepared to stump up cash for having caused such chaos.
Have you seen the bush by moonlight, from the train, go running by? Blackened log and stump and sapling, ghostly trees all dead and dry; Here a patch of glassy water; there a glimpse of mystic sky? Have you heard the still voice callingöyet so warm, and yet so cold: 'I'm the Mother-Bush that bore you! Come to me when you are old'?
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