Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stump
Participle: stumped
Gerund: stumping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stump |
| you | stump |
| he;she;it | stumps |
| we | stump |
| you | stump |
| they | stump |
Perfect
| I | have stumped |
| you | have stumped |
| he;she;it | has stumped |
| we | have stumped |
| you | have stumped |
| they | have stumped |
Past
| I | stumped |
| you | stumped |
| he;she;it | stumped |
| we | stumped |
| you | stumped |
| they | stumped |
Pluperfect
| I | had stumped |
| you | had stumped |
| he;she;it | had stumped |
| we | had stumped |
| you | had stumped |
| they | had stumped |
Future
| I | will stump |
| you | will stump |
| he;she;it | will stump |
| we | will stump |
| you | will stump |
| they | will stump |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stumped |
| you | will have stumped |
| he;she;it | will have stumped |
| we | will have stumped |
| you | will have stumped |
| they | will have stumped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stump |
| you | stump |
| he;she;it | stump |
| we | stump |
| you | stump |
| they | stump |
Perfect
| I | have stumped |
| you | have stumped |
| he;she;it | have stumped |
| we | have stumped |
| you | have stumped |
| they | have stumped |
Imperfect
| I | stumped |
| you | stumped |
| he;she;it | stumped |
| we | stumped |
| you | stumped |
| they | stumped |
Pluperfect
| I | had stumped |
| you | had stumped |
| he;she;it | had stumped |
| we | had stumped |
| you | had stumped |
| they | had stumped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stump |
| you | would stump |
| he;she;it | would stump |
| we | would stump |
| you | would stump |
| they | would stump |
Perfect
| I | would have stumped |
| you | would have stumped |
| he;she;it | would have stumped |
| we | would have stumped |
| you | would have stumped |
| they | would have stumped |
Imperative
| you | stump |
| we | Let's stump |
| you | stump |
Verbs conjugated like 'stump'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stump'
slump,
stamp,
stomp,
stum,
sump,
tump,
bump,
chump,
clump,
crump,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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.
2. Cognate with Middle Dutch stomp (“stump”), Old High German stumph (“stump”) (German Stumpf), Old Norse stumpr (“stump”). More at stop.
Sample Sentences
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This last question has me stumped.
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He’s been stumping for that reform for months.
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Freedom was in the air this spring, when millionaire philosopher Ivan Kramberger stumped the countryside on a platform of Slovenian independence and social welfare. [1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 120:]
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A herd of boys with clamour bowled, / And stumped the wicket. [1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Prologue”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:]
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Mrs Dibble made for the kitchen, stumping violently with her crutches and heaving her bulk along with the obvious determination to submerge her wrongs by resorting to the gin-bottle. [1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 150:]