stump

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
2. The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
3. (figuratively) A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
4. One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
5. An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
6. A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
7. (humorous, slang) A leg.
8. A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.
9. A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To stop, confuse, or puzzle.
2. (informal, intransitive) To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
3. (intransitive) To campaign.
4. (US, colloquial, transitive) To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.
5. (transitive) To get a batsman out stumped.
6. (transitive) To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).
7. (intransitive) To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge.
8. (transitive) To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of.
9. (transitive) To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed.

Conceptes

monyó

estaloc

galet

matriu

podi

tribuna

pòdium

púlpit

potejar

caminar feixugamnet

comprovant

tarima

Sinònims

stub

tree stump

butt

stubble

block

snag

mix up

stomp

stamp

stake

toddle

pulpit

confuse

log

hobble

podium

ambo

dais

soapbox

rampike

stock

stalk

sprout

stir

stump of tree

root

post

rostrum

blockhead

mystify

fuddle

obscure

end

🔚

compound

commix

commingle

clutter

baffle

clomp

clear-cut

blend

clear

churn

blaze

amputate

adulterate

dock

dissolve

exaction

disrupt

Traduccions

souche

Stumpf

moignon

tocón

Stummel

stomp

Baumstumpf

muñón

ceppo

mozzicone

moncherino

tronçon

moncone

stronk

cabo

🔚

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/stʌmp/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: stumpe

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: stomp

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: stumph

Cognat amb alemany: Stumpf

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: stumpr

In summary

From Middle English stumpe, stompe (“stump”), from or akin to Middle Low German stump (“stump”) or Middle Dutch stomp, from Old Saxon or Old Dutch *stump, from Proto-West Germanic *stump, from Proto-Germanic *stumpaz (“stump, blunt, part cut off”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch stomp (“stump”), Old High German stumph (“stump”) (German Stumpf), Old Norse stumpr (“stump”). More at stop.