STEM

v. arise, come from, originate; remove the stem from; stop, check, dam up; restrain, hold back

n. central stalk of a plant; petiole; slender part which connects or supports; main part of a word to which affixes are added (Grammar); family line of descent, ancestry

Stem may refer to:Plant stem, the above ground structures that have vascular tissue and support leaves and flowersWord stem, the base part of a word not including inflectional morphemesStem (bicycle part), connects the handlebars to the steer tube of a bicycle forkStem (music), a part of a written musical noteCrack stem, a device for smoking crack cocaineStem (ship), the upright member mounted on the forward end of a vessel's keel, to which the strakes are attachedStem (skiing) is a technique in skiing"Stem", a song by Canadian musician Hayden from his 1995 album Everything I Long ForStem (band), an Estonian metal groupThe Stems, an Australian garage rock/power pop group from the 1980s
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Noun
1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
(synonym) root, root word, base, theme, radical
(hypernym) form, word form, signifier, descriptor
(classification) linguistics
2. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
(synonym) stalk
(hypernym) plant organ
(hyponym) gynophore
(part-meronym) internode
3. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
(synonym) shank
(hypernym) cylinder
(part-holonym) anchor, ground tackle
4. the tube of a tobacco pipe
(hypernym) tube, tubing
(part-holonym) pipe, tobacco pipe
5. front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
(synonym) bow, fore, prow
(hypernym) front
(part-holonym) vessel, watercraft
6. a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
(synonym) stem turn
(hypernym) turn, turning
Verb
1. grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
(hypernym) originate in
(derivation) root, root word, base, theme, radical
2. cause to point inward; "stem your skis"
(hypernym) orient
(derivation) stem turn
3. stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide"
(synonym) stanch, staunch, halt
(hypernym) check
4. remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(derivation) stemmer, stemming algorithm

n. voice, vote, vox, faction, pipe

v. vote, ballot, tune, tune in, tune up, attune, voice, key up, tone