stump
noun
the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
is stumping
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present progressiveof stump (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“This should be a race where the governor is stumping for the first female mayor of Buffalo,” he said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
One of the most effective tactics my local union has used is stumping for the school board candidates they’ve endorsed.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2020
Nine days before the election, the GOP nominee is stumping in Arizona.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2016
But Reid is leaving nothing to chance, dispatching some of his key Washington staffers to Nevada for the final stretch, while a slate of heavy-hitting Democrats is stumping at her side.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2016
What though an old dotard calling himself Henry Long is stumping around fifty years hence, what is that to me?
From The Old Folks' Party 1898 by Edward Bellamy
