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the main stalk of a plant where the leaves and the flowers branch off of
root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical(noun)(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
"thematic vowels are part of the stem"
stalk, stem(noun)a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
shank, stem(noun)cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
stem(noun)the tube of a tobacco pipe
bow, fore, prow, stem(noun)front part of a vessel or aircraft
"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
stem turn, stem(verb)a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
stem(verb)grow out of, have roots in, originate in
"The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
stem(verb)cause to point inward
"stem your skis"
stem, stanch, staunch, halt(verb)stop the flow of a liquid
"staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
stem(verb)remove the stem from
"for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
to stop the progress or spread of (something)efforts to stem the dramatic decline of an endangered species
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