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Synonyms for stump

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for stump

to move heavily

to prevent from accomplishing a purpose

to make incapable of finding something to think, do, or say

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Synonyms for stump

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

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

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

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

walk heavily

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travel through a district and make political speeches

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remove tree stumps from

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He continued his plodding pursuit, though once, for the moment baffled, he came to a full stop and blinked at the men who looked on, at the same time wagging his stump of a tail as an expression of his willingness to fight.
Shouts of applause went up for the victor, and there were many cries of "Cherokee!" "Cherokee!" To this Cherokee responded by vigorous wagging of the stump of his tail.
Cherokee wagged the stump of his tail in advertisement that he understood the meaning of the blows, but that he knew he was himself in the right and only doing his duty by keeping his grip.
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Dipping, nasty yorker comes in very very late from a middle stump line.
To better understand how root systems are formed between kauri stumps and living trees, researchers hope to find more instances of these types of stumps and to explore root grafting in intact trees, which will help expand their scope of research.
The ongoing World Cup has already had five instances where the ball hitting or being edged into the stumps without the flashing electronic bails being removed.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) insists the electronic bails are lighter than the heaviest-used wooden sets, but both Finch and India skipper Virat Kohli hit out at the troublesome stumps.
There were several instances of bails refusing to drop at the Indian Premier League and 100mph former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar raged: "Today is the fifth instance of ball hitting the stumps and the bails not falling.
London: Indian skipper Virat Kohli is stumped as to why the bails aren't falling off in this World Cup even after the ball hits the stumps.
After the military insignia on MS Dhoni's wicketkeeping gloves created a furore, zing bails have now gone viral on social media with fans fuming and wondering about the immovability of the horizontal led bars placed on the stumps.
Holder threw his head back in dismay and consulted with his partner before going upstairs, where Hawkeye said the ball was missing leg stump. That decision arrived after Holder had survived an earlier LBW appeal when facing Glenn Maxwell.