noun

1. the lower end of a tree or plant remaining in the ground after most of the stem or trunk has been cut off
2. anything like a stump; specif.,
   1. the part of a limb or tooth left after the rest has been cut off, broken off, etc.
   2. the part of anything left after the main part is gone; butt; stub the stump of a pencil
3. ☆

   Etymology: from earlier use of tree stumps as speakers' platforms

   the place where a political speech is made; political rostrum: a figurative usage
4. 1. the sound of a heavy, clumsy, tramping step
   2. such a step
5. a pointed roll of leather or paper used for shading drawings in charcoal, pencil, crayon, pastel, etc.
6. Slang the legs
7. 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

1. to reduce to a stump; lop
2. to remove stumps from (land)
3. ☆ to travel over (a district), making political speeches; canvass
4. to tone down or soften with a stump (sense )
5. Informal to stub (one's toes, etc.)
6. ☆ Informal to puzzle, perplex, or baffle
7. 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

1. to walk with a heavy, clumsy, thumping step, as with a wooden leg
2. ☆ to travel about, making political speeches