stump
Logger's leftover behind
A stump is what remains of something after the main part has been removed or destroyed—most commonly a tree trunk left in the ground after the tree is cut down, but also the remnant of a limb or tooth.
To stump is to baffle or perplex: That question really stumped me.
In American politics, to stump means to campaign, especially by traveling and giving speeches—from the old practice of using a tree stump as a makeshift platform.
She's been stumping across the Midwest for weeks.
Confuse or perplex
- perplexCause utter confusion
- confoundTo thoroughly puzzle
- mystifyConfuse beyond understanding
- bewilderCause utter confusion
flummox · nonplus · puzzle · riddle · challenge · brain-teaser · conundrum · head-scratcher
Small subsidiary entrance
- bailCourt-set release payment
- creaseLine from folding
- bowlerPin-toppling player
- batsmanCricket's offensive player
pitch · innings · dismissal · delivery · yorker · googly · over · umpire
Main stem or storage
- logSectioned tree trunk
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- barkSharp canine vocalization
- ringsCircular bands worn
sawdust · rot · firewood · mulch · termite · chainsaw · axe · clearing
Oral communication ability
- platformRaised flat structure
- rallyGathering for a cause
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- whistle-stopMinor station or hamlet
campaign trail · barnstorm · hustings · podium · electorate · voters · touring · grassroots
Manufactured replacement body part
- limbJointed bodily projection
- amputeeOne without a limb
- phantom painSensation from removed limb
- prostheticManufactured body substitute
residual limb · socket · rehabilitation · mobility · bandage · healing · adaptation · fitting
baffle
Confuse or perplex
bewilder · flummox · nonplus · puzzle · riddle · challenge · brain-teaser · conundrum · head-scratcher · enigma
wicket
Small subsidiary entrance
batsman · pitch · innings · dismissal · delivery · yorker · googly · over · umpire · keeper
trunk
Main stem or storage
rings · sawdust · rot · firewood · mulch · termite · chainsaw · axe · clearing · deadwood
speech
Oral communication ability
whistle-stop · campaign trail · barnstorm · hustings · podium · electorate · voters · touring · grassroots · canvassing
prosthesis
Manufactured replacement body part
- limbJointed bodily projection
- amputeeOne without a limb
- phantom painSensation from removed limb
prosthetic · residual limb · socket · rehabilitation · mobility · bandage · healing · adaptation · fitting · cushion
clump
Thick gathered mass
plod · clomp · thud · heavy-footed · tramp · hobble · shuffle
- foresttrees, pine, oak, woods, wood
- lumberlumber, timber, oak, pine, cedar
- lumberjackinglumberjack, logger, chainsaw, axe, felling
- deadwooddeadwood, snag, fallen tree, deadfall, log
- coppicingcoppice, pollard, pollarding, stool, stools
- fishing structuresbrush pile, artificial reef, rock pile, standing timber, laydown
- tree stumpCut trunk remnant
- stump speechCandidate's standard campaign oration
- dumb as a stumpIdiom for extreme stupidity
- stump speechesRepeated political orations
- bloody stump
- on the stumpActively seeking political support
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