Vocabulary : Stumble to Stump

Stumble : To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step. ;; To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner. ;; To fall into a crime or an error; to err. ;; To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against. ;; To cause to stumble or trip. ;; Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall. ;; A trip in walking or running. ;; A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude.
Stumbled : of Stumble
Stumbler : One who stumbles.
Stumbling : of Stumble
Stumbling-block : Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error.

Stumblingly : In a stumbling manner.
Stumbling-stone : A stumbling-block.
Stummed : of Stum
Stumming : of Stum
Stump : The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub. ;; The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom. ;; The legs; as, to stir one's stumps. ;; One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails. ;; A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder. ;; A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece. ;; To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop. ;; To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub. ;; To chall

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