stump

(Anglais)

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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/stʌmp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: stumpe

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: stomp

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: stumph

Appartenant à allemand: Stumpf

Appartenant à vieux norrois: 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.

Concepts

souche

moignon

tronçon

souche d’arbre

mégot

chaire

clocher

boiter

clopiner

piquet

chicot

tronc

estompe

talon

timbre-poste

titre

tribune

cibiche

lumignon

mettre hors jeu

botche

action

zigoune

bout

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clope

clou

dais

estrade

fouler

mélanger

podium

racine

reste

sèche

sécher

Synonymes

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

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compound

commix

commingle

clutter

baffle

clomp

clear-cut

blend

clear

churn

blaze

amputate

adulterate

dock

dissolve

exaction

disrupt

Traductions

Stumpf

Stummel

tocón

stomp

Baumstumpf

muñón

ceppo

moncherino

mozzicone

monyó

moncone

stronk

cabo

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cepo

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