podium vs stump

podium

noun
  • A foot or footstalk. 

  • A result amongst the best three at a competition. 

  • A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais. 

  • The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheatre, from the top of which the seats began. 

  • The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers. 

  • A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize. 

  • A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly. 

verb
  • To finish in the top three at an event or competition. 

stump

noun
  • A leg. 

  • One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball. 

  • The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb. 

  • An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media. 

  • A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house. 

  • The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting. 

  • A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration. 

  • 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 pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece. 

verb
  • To stop, confuse, or puzzle. 

  • To get a batsman out stumped. 

  • To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket). 

  • To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge. 

  • To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of. 

  • To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed. 

  • To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes. 

  • To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem. 

  • To campaign. 

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