stump

Noun

• a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

• (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket

• the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed

• the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled

Verb

• remove tree stumps from
  • stump a field
    

• travel through a district and make political speeches
  • the candidate stumped the Northeast
    

• walk heavily
  • The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots
    

• cause to be perplexed or confounded
  • This problem stumped her
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  dais , podium , pulpit , rostrum , ambo , soapbox , tree stump , stomp , stamp , mix up