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English to English noun
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(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed |  | Example: thematic vowels are part of the stem
source: wordnet30
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a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ | | source: wordnet30
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cylinder forming a long narrow part of something | | source: wordnet30
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the tube of a tobacco pipe | | source: wordnet30
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front part of a vessel or aircraft | | Example: he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line
source: wordnet30
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a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it | | source: wordnet30
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A gleam of light; flame. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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grow out of, have roots in, originate in | | Example: The increase in the national debt stems from the last war
source: wordnet30
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cause to point inward | | Example: stem your skis
source: wordnet30
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stop the flow of a liquid | | Example: staunch the blood flow
stem the tide
source: wordnet30
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remove the stem from | | Example: for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed
source: wordnet30
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To gleam. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current. | | source: webster1913
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