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Antonyms for stump

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : stuhmp
Phonetic Transcription : stÊŒmp

Definition of stump

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "remaining part of a severed arm or leg," from or cognate with Middle Low German stump (from adjective meaning "mutilated, blunt, dull"), Middle Dutch stomp "stump," from Proto-Germanic *stump- (cf. Old Norse stumpr, Old High German and German stumpf "stump," German Stummel "piece cut off"), perhaps related to the root of stub or stamp, but the connection in each case presents difficulties.
  • Earliest form of the word in English is a now-obsolete verb meaning "to stumble over a tree-stump or other obstacle," attested from mid-13c. Meaning "part of a tree trunk left in the ground after felling" is from mid-15c. Sense of "walk clumsily" is first recorded c.1600; that of "baffle" is first recorded 1807, perhaps in reference to plowing newly cleared land.
  • noun end piece
  • verb confuse, bewilder
  • verb walk with deliberation
Example sentences :
  • Many a rod, I grieve to say, was worn to the stump on that unlucky night.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Then she wagged the stump of her tail, and they considered themselves acquainted.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • He looked at the stump, then at the sign, with his little pig-like eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Biography of a Grizzly » by Ernest Seton-Thompson
  • "You're just about as satisfying to talk to as a stump," she paid tribute to his unassailable calm.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Mr. Halloway had learned a certain perceptiveness on the stump.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • He sat down on a stump half-way, and beckoned them to come to him.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • He sank upon a stump, whispering "That was worse than ten fights."
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • To this Cherokee responded by vigorous wagging of the stump of his tail.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • The temper of the stump speaker is not appropriate for dealing with taxation problems.
  • Extract from : « War Taxation » by Otto H. Kahn
  • He had only a stump of a tail, but he will wag it—when next his master sees him!
  • Extract from : « A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs » by Laurence Hutton

Synonyms for stump

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