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stem

(st/E/m )

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

Example:
Thematic vowels are part of the stem.

Synonym:
base, radical, root, root word, theme

source: wordnet30
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ(noun.plant)

Synonym:
stalk

source: wordnet30
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
shank

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the tube of a tobacco pipe(noun.artifact)

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front part of a vessel or aircraft(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
bow, fore, prow

source: wordnet30
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it(noun.act)

Synonym:
stem turn

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A gleam of light; flame.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

grow out of, have roots in, originate in(verb.stative)

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

source: wordnet30
cause to point inward(verb.stative)

Example:
Stem your skis.

source: wordnet30
stop the flow of a liquid(verb.change)

Example:
Stem the tide.

Synonym:
halt, stanch, staunch

source: wordnet30
remove the stem from(verb.change)

Example:
For automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed.

source: wordnet30
To gleam.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.(verb)

source: webster1913