Topic: PLANTS
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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Middle Low German |
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stump1
[countable]
[countable]1HBP the bottom part of a tree that is left in the ground after the rest of it has been cut down :
2HBH the short part of someone's leg, arm etc that remains after the rest of it has been cut off
3 the small useless part of something that remains after most of it has broken off or worn away : There was only a stump of the candle left.
There was only a stump of the candle left.4DSC one of the three upright sticks in cricket that you throw the ball at
5 a speech made by a politician who is travelling around in order to gain political support, or the politician who gives this speech
stump speech/speaker
American English6 to be travelling around an area, making speeches in order to gain political support
