stem

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

   Alt. of Steem

2. 2noun

   Alt. of Steem

3. 3noun

   The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.

4. 4noun

   A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.

5. 5noun

   The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.

6. 6noun

   A branch of a family.

7. 7noun

   A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.

8. 8noun

   Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.

9. 9noun

   Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.

10. 10noun

    That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.

11. 11noun

    The entire central axis of a feather.

12. 12noun

    The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.

13. 13noun

    The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.

14. 14noun

    The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.

15. 15transitive verb

    To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.

16. 16transitive verb

    To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.

17. 17transitive verb

    To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current.

18. 18intransitive verb

    To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.

19. 19noun

    a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

20. 20noun

    front part of a vessel or aircraft

    "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

    Synonyms

    bowforeprow
21. 21noun

    cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

    Synonyms

    shank
22. 22noun

    the tube of a tobacco pipe

23. 23noun

    (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

    "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

    Synonyms

    baseradicalroottheme
24. 24noun

    a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

    Synonyms

    stalk
25. 25verb

    remove the stem from

    "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"

26. 26verb

    stop the flow of a liquid

    "staunch the blood flow"

    "stem the tide"

    Synonyms

    haltstanchstaunch
27. 27verb

    grow out of, have roots in, originate in

    "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"

28. 28verb

    cause to point inward

    "stem your skis"