STUM
STUM, noun [G.]1. Must; wine unfermented.2. New wine used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines.3. Wine revived by a new fermentation.STUM, verb transitive1. To renew win...
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STUMBLE
STUMBLE, verb intransitive [This word is probably from a root that signifies to stop or to strike, and may be allied to stammer.]1. To trip in walking or moving in any way upon ...
STUMBLED
STUMBLED, participle passive Obstructed; puzzled.
STUMBLER
STUMBLER, noun One that stumbles or makes a blunder.
STUMBLING
STUMBLING, participle present tense Tripping; erring; puzzling.
STUMBLING-BLOCK
STUMBLING-BLOCK, STUMBLING-STONE, noun [stumble and block or stone.] Any cause of stumbling; that which causes to err.
STUMBLING-STONE
STUMBLING-BLOCK, STUMBLING-STONE noun [stumble and block or stone.] Any cause of stumbling; that which causes to err.We preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling-block, a...
STUMP
STUMP, noun [G.]1. The stub of a tree; the part of a tree remaining int he earth after the tree is cut down, or the part of any plant left in the earth by the sythe or sickle.2....
STUMPY
STUMPY, adjective1. Full of stumps.2. Hard; strong. [Little used.]3. Short; stubby. [Little used.]
STUN
STUN, verb transitive [The primary sense is to strike or to stop, to blunt, to stupefy.]1. To make senseless or dizzy with a blow on the head; as, to be stunned by a fall, or by...
STUNG
STUNG, preterit tense and participle passive of sting.
STUNK
STUNK, preterit tense of stink.
STUNNED
STUNNED, participle passive Having the sense of hearing overpowered; confounded with noise.
STUNNING
STUNNING, participle present tense Overpowering the organs of hearing; confounding with noise.
STUNT
STUNT, verb transitive [See Stint.] To hinder from growth; applied to animals and plants; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.
STUNTED
STUNTED, participle passive Hindered from growth or increase.
STUNTEDNESS
STUNTEDNESS, noun The state of being stunted.
STUNTING
STUNTING, participle present tense Hindering from growth or increase.
STUPE
STUPE, noun [Latin, tow; probably allied to stuff.] Cloth or flax dipped in warm medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore; fomentation; sweating bath.STUPE, verb transitive To ...
STUPEFACTION
STUPEFACTION, noun [Latin See Stop.]1. The act of rendering stupid.2. A stupid or senseless state; insensibility; dullness; torpor; stupidity.Resistance of the dictates of consc...
STUPEFACTIVE
STUPEFACTIVE, adjective Causing insensibility; deadening or blunting the sense of felling or understanding; narcotic.Opium hath a stupefactive part.
STUPEFIER
STUPEFIER, noun [from stupefy.] That which causes dullness or stupidity.
STUPEFY
STUPEFY, verb transitive [Latin]1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding; to deprive of sensibility. It is a great sin to attempt to ...
STUPEFYING
STUPEFYING, participle present tense Rendering extremely dull or insensible; as the stupefying virtues of opium. [It would be convenient to write stupifaction, stupifactive, and...
STUPENDOUS
STUPENDOUS, adjective [Low Latin, to astonish.] Literally, striking dumb by its magnitude; hence, astonishing; wonderful; amazing; particularly, of astonishing magnitude or elev...
STUPENDOUSLY
STUPENDOUSLY, adverb In a manner to excite astonishment.
STUPENDOUSNESS
STUPENDOUSNESS, noun The quality or state of being stupendous or astonishing.