1. The base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
   "The old tree stump became home to various insects and fungi";
   - tree stump
    
2. The part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
   "After the amputation, he learned to use a prosthetic attached to the stump"
    
3. (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket
   "The bowler's aim was to hit the stumps and dismiss the batsman"
    
4. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
   "The speaker took her place on the stump";
   - dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, soapbox
    
5. An artist's tool used to smudge and blend a drawing made from charcoal, pencil, or pastel, consisting of a tightly-wound stick of paper or other material
   "She used a stump to soften the edges of her charcoal sketch";
   - tortillon

1. Cause to be perplexed or confounded
   "This problem stumped her";
   - mix up
    
2. Walk noisily, heavily or angrily
   "The men stumped through the snow in their heavy boots";
   - stomp, stamp, tromp [N. Amer, informal]
    
3. [N. Amer] Travel through a district and make political speeches
   "the candidate stumped the Northeast"
    
4. Remove tree stumps from
   "stump a field"

Derived forms: stumped, stumps, stumping

Type of: baffle, beat, bedevil, befuddle, bewilder, body part, campaign, clear, confound, confuse, discombobulate [informal], dumbfound, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, plant part, plant structure, platform, pose, post, puzzle, run, stick, stupefy, throw, vex, walk

Part of: chopper [informal], grille, lattice, limb, tooth, tree, wicket

Encyclopedia: Stump, Kentucky