Stump
noun
- 1.
- (the base of a tree remaining in the ground when the rest has fallen or been cut down, a corresponding remnant of broken tooth, a place used by an orator the part of an arm tooth, etc., left after the rest has been removed, a butt stub) កំណាត់វែង (កំណាត់ដើមឈើមួយកង់), គល់ឈើជង់, ចុងគល់, គល់ (បង្កាន់ដៃ), tree stump ដង្គត់ឈើ, arm stump គល់អវយវៈដែលគេកាត់មួយផ្នែកចោលហើយ
- 2.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ផ្នែកនៃដៃជើងដែលសល់ពីការវះកាត់
verb — past tense: stumped ; past participle: stumped ; present participle: stumping ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to walk heavily or clumsily, to travel about) ដើរខ្ចើច
Example: a stump of tail, The squirrel sat on a tree stump, cigarette stump, pencil stump, can't answer it, Bopha stumped the whole country before the election. - 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To puzzle, to dismiss (a batsman) by hitting the stumps with a ball) stump a student ផ្ទាល់ stump one's toe ជំពប់
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.
- 2.
- The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.
- 3.
- The legs; as, to stir one's stumps.
- 4.
- One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
- 5.
- A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder.
- 6.
- 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; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
verb — past tense: stumped ; past participle: stumped ; present participle: stumping ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To challenge; also, to nonplus.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district.
- 5.
- To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out.
- 6.
- To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket.
- 7.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.