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Definition of 'STEM'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) stem
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root.

2.  stem
the stalk that supports a leaf, flower, or fruit.

3.  stem
a stalk of bananas.

4.  stem
something resembling or suggesting a leaf or flower stalk.

5.  stem
a long, slender part:
the stem of a tobacco pipe.

6.  stem
the slender, vertical part of a goblet, wineglass, etc., between the bowl and the base.

7.  stem
a projection from the rim of a watch, having on its end a knob for winding the watch.

8.  stem
the circular rod in some locks about which the key fits and rotates.

9.  stem
the stock or line of descent of a family, esp. its original ancestry.

10.  stem
the underlying form of a word, consisting of a root alone or a root plus an affix, to which inflectional endings may be added.

11.  stem
the vertical line forming part of a musical note.

12.  stem
the main or relatively thick stroke of a letter in printing.

13. (v.t.) stem
to remove the stem from (a leaf, fruit, etc.).

14. (v.i.) stem
to arise or originate (usu. fol. by from).

15. (v.t.) stem
to stop, check, or restrain.

16.  stem
to dam up; stop the flow of (a stream, river, or the like).

17.  stem
to tamp, plug, or make tight, as a hole or joint.

18.  stem
to maneuver (a ski or skis) in executing a stem.

19.  stem
to stanch (bleeding).

20. (v.i.) stem
to execute a stem.

21. (n.) stem
an act or instance whereby a skier pushes the heel of one or both skis outward, as in making certain turns or to slow down.

22. (n.) stem
(at the bow of a vessel) an upright into which the side timbers or plates are jointed.

23.  stem
the forward part of a vessel

24. (v.t.) stem
to make headway against (a tide, current, gale, etc.).

25.  stem
to make progress against (any opposition).

Etymology: (bef. 900; continuing OE stefn, stemn (see stem¹); ME stampne, stamyn(e) appar. < the c. ON stamn, stafn)

Definition of 'STEM'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
"thematic vowels are part of the stem"

2. (noun) stalk, stem
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

3. (noun) shank, stem
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

4. (noun) stem
the tube of a tobacco pipe

5. (noun) bow, fore, prow, stem
front part of a vessel or aircraft
"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

6. (verb) stem turn, stem
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

7. (verb) stem
grow out of, have roots in, originate in
"The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"

8. (verb) stem
cause to point inward
"stem your skis"

9. (verb) stem, stanch, staunch, halt
stop the flow of a liquid
"staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"

10. (verb) stem
remove the stem from
"for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"

Definition of 'STEM'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) stem
the part of a plant from which leaves and flowers grow

Definition of 'STEM'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) STEM
alt. of Steem

2. (noun) STEM
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

3. (noun) STEM
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

4. (noun) STEM
the stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors

5. (noun) STEM
a branch of a family

6. (noun) STEM
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

7. (noun) STEM
fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout

8. (noun) STEM
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

9. (noun) STEM
that part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean

10. (noun) STEM
the entire central axis of a feather

11. (noun) STEM
the basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian

12. (noun) STEM
the short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc

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

14. (verb) STEM
alt. of Steem

15. (verb) STEM
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. (verb) STEM
to ram, as clay, into a blasting hole

17. (verb) STEM
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. (verb) STEM
to move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current

Translation of 'STEM'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the part of a plant that grows upward from the root, or the part from which a leaf, flower or fruit grows; a stalk Poppies have long, hairy, twisting stems.
Afrikaans: steel	Arabic: ساق	Bulgarian: стъбло
Brazilian: haste	Czech: stonek	German: der Stiel
Danish: stilk; stængel	Greek: μίσχος	Estonian: vars
Farsi: ساقه	Finnish: varsi	French: tige
Hebrew: גִבעוֹל	Hindi: तना, स्तंभ	Croatian: stabljika, peteljka
Hungarian: szár	Indonesian: batang	Icelandic: stofn, trjábolur; stilkur
Italian: gambo, stelo	Japanese: 茎	Korean: 줄기
Lithuanian: kotas, stiebas	Latvian: stumbrs; stiebrs; stublāj	Malay: batang pokok
Dutch: steel	Norwegian: stilk	Polish: łodyga
Persian: ساقه	Pashto: ډډ، تنه، ډنډر، منډه،پښه،	Portuguese: haste
Romanian: tulpină	Russian: ствол; стебель	Slovak: stonka
Slovenian: steblo	Serbian: stablo	Swedish: stam, stängel, stjälk
Thai: ลำต้น	Turkish: sap, gövde	Taiwanese: 莖、梗、(樹)幹
Ukrainian: стовбур; стебло	Urdu: تنا یا شاخ	Vietnamese: thân cây, cuống
Chinese: 茎、梗、（树）干
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