Definitions
remove tree stumps from
Word origin
From Middle English stumpe, stompe (“stump”), from or akin to Middle Low German stump (“stump”) or Middle Dutch stomp, from Old Saxon or Old Dutch *stump, from Proto-West Germanic *stump, from Proto-Germanic *stumpaz (“stump, blunt, part cut off”). Displaced native Old English stofn.
Used in a sentence
“Paul Muniment had taken hold of Hyacinth, and said, 'I'll trouble you to stay, you little desperado. I'll be blowed if I ever expected to see you on the stump!'”
“to stir one's stumps”
“This last question has me stumped.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Tree base left behind”5 letters
02“Puzzle completely”5 letters
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