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Meaning of stem
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stem
n 1: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are
removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn:
{root}, {root word}, {base}, {stem}, {theme}, {radical}]
2: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or
fungus or a plant part or plant organ [syn: {stalk}, {stem}]
3: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something [syn:
{shank}, {stem}]
4: the tube of a tobacco pipe
5: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of
the boat toward the finish line" [syn: {bow}, {fore}, {prow},
{stem}]
6: a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward
and the other ski is brought parallel to it [syn: {stem
turn}, {stem}]
v 1: grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in
the national debt stems from the last war"
2: cause to point inward; "stem your skis"
3: stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem
the tide" [syn: {stem}, {stanch}, {staunch}, {halt}]
4: remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language
processing, the words must be stemmed"
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