āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to stump
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āĻšāĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to puzzle or challenge someone, typically by presenting a question or problem that is difficult to answer or solve
Transitive: to stump sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The complex math problem stumped the students during the exam.
āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ āĻ āĻĒāĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ
to remove the stumps of trees from land
Transitive: to stump an area or land
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The workers spent weeks stumping the land to make it suitable for development.
āĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻš āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to travel through a region or area, giving speeches to promote political views or campaign for office
Transitive: to stump a region
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The senator stumped in several rural areas, emphasizing education reform.
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻž
to walk with heavy, stiff steps that make a loud, clumsy noise
Intransitive: to stump somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She stumped down the hall, her footsteps echoing in the quiet house.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻšā§āĻāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to dismiss a batsman by knocking over their stumps with the ball in cricket
Transitive: to stump a batsman
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The wicketkeeper is stumping the batsman after a failed attempt at a sweep shot.
āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻĒ āĻļāĻā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻā§āĻ, āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
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āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž
the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled
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āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āĻ āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ
the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed
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āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ, āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ
one of the three vertical wooden posts that are hammered into the ground at each end of the pitch, with two small horizontal bails resting on top
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The batsman defended his stumps carefully against the fast deliveries.
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĄā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° stumps āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
stumper
stumping
stump
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
