stump
树桩,残端,残枝败叶,残枝
Related Words
Definitions
- 1
- : the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- : the part of a limb of the body remaining after the rest has been cut off.
- : a part of a broken or decayed tooth left in the gum.
- : a short remnant, as of a candle; stub.
- : any basal part remaining after the main or more important part has been removed.
- : an artificial leg.
- : Usually stumps. Informal. legs: Stir your stumps and get out of here.
- : a short, stocky person.
- : a heavy step or gait, as of a wooden-legged or lame person.
- : the figurative place of political speechmaking: to go on the stump.
- : Furniture. a support for the front end of the arm of a chair, sofa, etc.Compare post.
- : a short, thick roll of paper, soft leather, or some similar material, usually having a blunt point, for rubbing a pencil, charcoal, or crayon drawing in order to achieve subtle gradations of tone in representing light and shade.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
This woman turned her tree stump into a Little Free Library fit for magical elves.
He winds his way through a stump speech with the same inflections and cadences of a Southern preacher.
Once you’re confident you can avoid rocks and stumps, there’s no need to delay the season further.
Prop it up in the fork of a tree or set it on a rock, stump or two forked prop sticks.
Wearing a bandanna fashioned as a headband, a cut-off T-shirt and dark glasses, he was perched on a tree stump and pointing back at the camera.
They are model citizens, the kind of people whose lives might be used as exemplary stories by a politician in a stump speech.
Plus “The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth/And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath”?
Looking to turn back the tide or at least hold it back for one more election, Clinton will stump in Benton County next week.
CNN posted a video of UPD Chief of Police Linda Stump addressing the issue.
Republicans and Democrats love bashing lobbyists on the stump.
For hours the gray man would sit on a tombstone, while Black Sheep read epitaphs, and then with a sigh would stump home again.
The cigar stump held firmly between his teeth, he stood on the rug before the hearth, facing the door.