stump

UK
/stʌmp/
US
/stʌmp/

Übersetzungen

stumpsubstantiv
stumps
Pl.
UK
/stʌmp/
US
/stʌmp/
The old tree was cut down, leaving only a stump.
Старое дерево было срублено, оставив только пень.
He carved a figure out of a stump of wood.
Он вырезал фигуру из обрубка дерева.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
stumpverb
stumped
Präteritum
stumped
Partizip Perfekt
stumping
Gerundium
UK
/stʌmp/
US
/stʌmp/
He stumped over his words during the speech.
Он запинался на словах во время речи.
ходить тяжело
He stumped across the room with his heavy boots.
Он тяжело прошел через комнату в своих тяжелых ботинках.
ставить в тупик
The complex question stumped the students.
Сложный вопрос поставил студентов в тупик.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
срубать пни
stumpadjektiv
UK
/stʌmp/
US
/stʌmp/
Used attributively, especially in compounds like "stump speech" or "stump speechmaking" to denote relation to political campaigning.

Definitionen

stumpsubstantiv
The part of a tree trunk left projecting from the ground after the rest has fallen or been cut down.
After the tree was cut down, only a stump remained in the yard.
A small, remaining part of something that was once larger or longer.
The old pencil was worn down to a stump after years of use.
A platform used by a speaker, especially a politician, during a campaign.
The candidate delivered a passionate speech from the stump in the town square.
In cricket, one of the three vertical posts that form the wicket.
The bowler aimed to hit the stumps to get the batsman out.
The part of a limb or tooth remaining after amputation or breakage.
The patient experienced phantom pain in the stump of his amputated leg.
The sequence of public appearances or the campaign trail on which a candidate delivers political speeches.
After announcing her candidacy, she hit the stump to rally supporters across the state.
stumpverb
To walk heavily or clumsily.
He stumped across the room in his heavy boots.
To baffle or confuse someone, especially with a difficult question or problem.
The tricky math problem stumped the entire class.
To campaign or make political speeches, especially by traveling from place to place.
The candidate stumped through several states to gather support for the election.
In cricket, to dismiss a batsman by dislodging the bails with the ball while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run.
The wicketkeeper stumped the batsman with a quick throw.
To clear (land) of tree stumps by uprooting or blasting them.
Early settlers had to stump the fields before they could start planting crops.
stumpadjektiv
Relating to or characteristic of political campaigning carried out by traveling from place to place.
The candidate's stump rhetoric appealed to rural voters.