English Explanatory Dictionary

stum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Unfermented grape juice; must.
  2. Wine revived by new fermentation, resulting from the admixture of must.
verb
  1. To ferment.
  2. To renew (wine etc.) by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation.
  3. To fume, as a cask of liquor, with burning sulphur.
name
  1. A surname from Dutch.

Pronunciation

/stʌm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stum.wav

Word forms

stum stums stumming stummed

Etymology

From Dutch stom (“unfermented”, literally “mute; dull”). Compare French vin muet, German stummer Wein. Doublet of shtum.

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