STEM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a turn made in skiing
   • the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
   Synonym(s)
   • stem turn (what does stem turn mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) stem is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   • turning (what does turning mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stem (what does stem mean?)
2. Meaning
   • front part of a vessel or aircraft
   Synonym(s)
   • bow (what does bow mean?)
   • fore (what does fore mean?)
   • prow (what does prow mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line
   Hypernyms(s) stem is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • front (what does front mean?)
3. Meaning
   • cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
   Synonym(s)
   • shank (what does shank mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) stem is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cylinder (what does cylinder mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the tube of a tobacco pipe
   Hypernyms(s) stem is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • tube (what does tube mean?)
   • tubing (what does tubing mean?)
5. Meaning
   • (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
   Synonym(s)
   • base (what does base mean?)
   • radical (what does radical mean?)
   • root (what does root mean?)
   • root word (what does root word mean?)
   • theme (what does theme mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • thematic vowels are part of the stem
   Hypernyms(s) stem is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • form (what does form mean?)
   • word form (what does word form mean?)
   • signifier (what does signifier mean?)
   • descriptor (what does descriptor mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stem (what does stem mean?)
   • stem (what does stem mean?)
6. Meaning
   • a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
   Synonym(s)
   • stalk (what does stalk mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) stem is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • plant organ (what does plant organ mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • gynophore (what does gynophore mean?)
   • carpophore (what does carpophore mean?)
   • filament (what does filament mean?)
   • funicle (what does funicle mean?)
   • funiculus (what does funiculus mean?)
   • petiolule (what does petiolule mean?)
   • cane (what does cane mean?)
   • sporangiophore (what does sporangiophore mean?)
   • cutting (what does cutting mean?)
   • slip (what does slip mean?)
   • tuber (what does tuber mean?)
   • rhizome (what does rhizome mean?)
   • rootstock (what does rootstock mean?)
   • rootstalk (what does rootstalk mean?)
   • axis (what does axis mean?)
   • caudex (what does caudex mean?)
   • beanstalk (what does beanstalk mean?)
   • cladode (what does cladode mean?)
   • cladophyll (what does cladophyll mean?)
   • phylloclad (what does phylloclad mean?)
   • phylloclade (what does phylloclade mean?)
   • stock (what does stock mean?)
   • caudex (what does caudex mean?)
   • stipe (what does stipe mean?)
   • scape (what does scape mean?)
   • flower stalk (what does flower stalk mean?)
   • petiole (what does petiole mean?)
   • leafstalk (what does leafstalk mean?)
   • bulb (what does bulb mean?)
   • corm (what does corm mean?)
   • branch (what does branch mean?)
   • culm (what does culm mean?)
   • haulm (what does haulm mean?)
   • halm (what does halm mean?)
   • trunk (what does trunk mean?)
   • tree trunk (what does tree trunk mean?)
   • bole (what does bole mean?)

STEM as VERB

1. Meaning
   • remove the stem from
   Usage Example(s)
   • for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed
   Hypernyms(s) stem is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • remove (what does remove mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   • take away (what does take away mean?)
   • withdraw (what does withdraw mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stemmer (what does stemmer mean?)
   • stemming algorithm (what does stemming algorithm mean?)
   • root (what does root mean?)
   • root word (what does root word mean?)
   • base (what does base mean?)
   • stem (what does stem mean?)
   • theme (what does theme mean?)
   • radical (what does radical mean?)
2. Meaning
   • stop the flow of a liquid
   Synonym(s)
   • halt (what does halt mean?)
   • stanch (what does stanch mean?)
   • staunch (what does staunch mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • staunch the blood flow
   • them the tide
   Hypernyms(s) stem is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • check (what does check mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stop (what does stop mean?)
   • halt (what does halt mean?)
3. Meaning
   • grow out of, have roots in, originate in
   Usage Example(s)
   • The increase in the national debt stems from the last war
   Hypernyms(s) stem is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • originate in (what does originate in mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • root (what does root mean?)
   • root word (what does root word mean?)
   • base (what does base mean?)
   • stem (what does stem mean?)
   • theme (what does theme mean?)
   • radical (what does radical mean?)
4. Meaning
   • cause to point inward
   Usage Example(s)
   • stem your skis
   Hypernyms(s) stem is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • orient (what does orient mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stem turn (what does stem turn mean?)
   • stem (what does stem mean?)