Stem ¹

Definition: Alt. of Steem

Stem ²

Definition: Alt. of Steem

Stem ³

Definition: 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.

Stem ⁴

Definition: 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.

Stem ⁵

Definition: The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.

Stem ⁶

Definition: A branch of a family.

Stem ⁷

Definition: 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.

Stem ⁸

Definition: Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.

Stem ⁹

Definition: 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.

Stem ¹⁰

Definition: That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.

Stem ¹¹

Definition: The entire central axis of a feather.

Stem ¹²

Definition: The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.

Stem ¹³

Definition: The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.

Stem ¹⁴

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

Stem ¹⁵

Definition: 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.

Stem ¹⁶

Definition: To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.

Stem ¹⁷

Definition: 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.

Stem ¹⁸

Definition: To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.

stem ¹⁹

Definition: a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

stem ²⁰

Definition: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

stem ²¹

Definition: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

stem ²²

Definition: the tube of a tobacco pipe

stem ²³

Definition: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

stem ²⁴

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

stem ²⁵

Definition: remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"

stem ²⁶

Definition: stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide"

stem ²⁷

Definition: grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"

stem ²⁸

Definition: cause to point inward; "stem your skis"