Synonyms for stump
stʌmpstump

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1. stump, tree stumpnoun

   the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled

   Synonyms:
   ambo, rostrum, pulpit, tree stump, dais, soapbox, podium

2. stumpnoun

   the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed

   Synonyms:
   podium, pulpit, ambo, dais, soapbox, tree stump, rostrum

3. stumpnoun

   (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket

   Synonyms:
   podium, pulpit, ambo, dais, soapbox, tree stump, rostrum

4. dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapboxverb

   a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

   Synonyms:
   ambo, rostrum, pulpit, snout, podium, dais, soapbox, tree stump

5. stump, mix upverb

   cause to be perplexed or confounded

   "This problem stumped her"

   Synonyms:
   stomp, jumble, stamp, confuse, mix up

6. stomp, stamp, stumpverb

   walk heavily

   "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"

   Synonyms:
   stomp, emboss, stamp, mix up, stereotype, pigeonhole, boss

7. stumpverb

   travel through a district and make political speeches

   "the candidate stumped the Northeast"

   Synonyms:
   stomp, stamp, mix up

8. stumpverb

   remove tree stumps from

   "stump a field"

   Synonyms:
   stomp, stamp, mix up

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   • Cricket
   • Post
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stumpnoun

   Synonyms:
   stub

2. stumpverb

   Synonyms:
   [colloquial, U. S.] challenge, dare

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1. stumpverb

   Synonyms:
   dare, challenge, nonplus

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "stump":

   strain

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. STUMP

   Synonyms:
   Smooth muscle tumour of undetermined malignant potential see there
   

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1. Seneca Scott:

   If you can look at it from all angles, and it’s probably two people hugging each other, it’s four hands. It’s not the missing heads that’s the atrocity that other people clamp onto that; it’s a stump that looked like a penis. That’s a joke.

2. Bertolt Brecht:

   A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.

3. Andrew Yang:

   We are exploring rolling a truck out that would enable someone to see a hologram of me that is three-dimensional give my stump speech, and, also, if I were in a studio, which we could set up very easily, I could beam in and take questions live.

4. Sebastian Leuzinger / iScience:

   This is different from how normal trees operate, where the water flow is driven by the water potential of the atmosphere, in this case, the stump has to follow what the rest of the trees do, because since it lacks transpiring leaves, it escapes the atmospheric pull.

5. W. S. Gilbert:

   If you wish in this world to advance, your merits you're bound to enhance You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or trust me, you haven't a chance.