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stem

noun(stem)

cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

Synonyms: shank,

stem

noun(stem)

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

Synonyms: stalk,

stem

verb(stem)

stop the flow of a liquid

Synonyms: halt, stanch, staunch,

Examples:

Stem the tide.

stem

noun(stem)

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

Synonyms: base, radical, root, root word, theme,

Examples:

Thematic vowels are part of the stem.

stem

noun(stem)

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

Synonyms: stem turn,

stem

noun(stem)

front part of a vessel or aircraft

Synonyms: bow, fore, prow,

stem

verb(stem)

cause to point inward

Examples:

Stem your skis.

stem

verb(stem)

grow out of, have roots in, originate in

Examples:

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

stem

verb(stem)

remove the stem from

Examples:

For automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed.

stem

noun(stem)

the tube of a tobacco pipe

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