Definition of stump

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Stump (v. t.) To challenge; also, to nonplus..

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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..
Stumpy :: Stumpy (a.) Full of stumps; hard; strong.
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.
Stunned :: Stumpy (a.) Short and thick; stubby.
Stumpage :: Stump (v. i.) To walk clumsily, as if on stumps..
Stump :: Stump (n.) The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom..
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..
Gate :: Gate (n.) In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into..
Sauce :: Sauce (n.) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
Runt :: Runt (a.) The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant..
Stump :: Stump (n.) A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder..
Stump :: Stump (n.) The legs; as, to stir one's stumps..
Stub :: Stub (n.) The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub..
Stumper :: Stumper (n.) A boastful person.
Stumpy :: Stump-tailed (a.) Having a short, thick tail..
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
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..
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..
Scumbling :: Scumbling (n.) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump..
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To challenge; also, to nonplus..
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