Meaning of 'stem'

noun

a turn made in skiing

Synonyms: stem turn

noun

front part of a vessel or aircraft

Synonyms: fore bow prow

noun

cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

Synonyms: shank

noun

the tube of a tobacco pipe

noun

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

Example: "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

Synonyms: radical base root theme root word

noun

a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

Synonyms: stalk

verb

remove the stem from

Example: "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"

verb

stop the flow of a liquid

Synonyms: staunch halt stanch

verb

grow out of, have roots in, originate in

Example: "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"

verb

cause to point inward

Example: "stem your skis"