Stem

[stem] or [stɛm]

Definition

(noun.) the tube of a tobacco pipe.

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

(verb.) stop the flow of a liquid; 'staunch the blood flow'; 'stem the tide'.

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

(verb.) cause to point inward; 'stem your skis'.

Typist: Rudy--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) Alt. of Steem

(n.) Alt. of Steem

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.

(n.) A branch of a family.

(n.) 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.

(n.) Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.

(n.) 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.

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

(n.) The entire central axis of a feather.

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

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

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

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. i.) To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.

Typist: Ronald

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Trunk (of a tree), main stock.[2]. Peduncle, pedicel, petiole, stalk.[3]. Branch, shoot, scion.[4]. (Naut.) Forepart (of a ship), prow, beak, bow.[5]. (Mus.) Tail (of a note).

v. a. [1]. Oppose (as a current), resist, breast, withstand, bear up against, make head against.[2]. Stop, check.

Inputed by Katrina

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Oppose, breast, withstand, obstruct, confront,[See ABODE_and_PROP]

Checker: Tina

Definition

n. the ascending axis of a plant which usually bears leaves and flowers and maintains communication between the roots and the leaves: the little branch supporting the flower or fruit: a race or family: branch of a family.—n. Stem′-leaf a leaf growing from the stem.—adj. Stem′less (bot.) wanting a stem or having it so little developed as to seem to be wanting.—ns. Stem′let a little or young stem; Stem′ma a pedigree or family tree: an ocellus.—adjs. Stem′matous; Stemmed.

n. the prow of a ship: a curved piece of timber at the prow to which the two sides of a ship are united.—v.t. to cut as with the stem: to resist or make progress against: to stop to check:—pr.p. stem′ming; pa.t. and pa.p. stemmed.—From stem to stern from one end of a vessel to the other: completely throughout.

Edited by Hardy

Examples

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