Stem Meaning

There are 10 meaning(s) for word Stem

Meaning 1 : cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

    Synonyms : shank
Meaning 2 : a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

    Synonyms : stalk
Meaning 3 : stop the flow of a liquid

    Example : stem the tide

    Synonyms : halt,  stanch,  staunch
Meaning 4 : (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

    Example : thematic vowels are part of the stem

    Synonyms : base,  radical,  root,  root word,  theme
Meaning 5 : a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

    Synonyms : stem turn
Meaning 6 : front part of a vessel or aircraft

    Synonyms : bow,  fore,  prow
Meaning 7 : cause to point inward

    Example : stem your skis

Meaning 8 : grow out of, have roots in, originate in

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

Meaning 9 : remove the stem from

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

Meaning 10 : the tube of a tobacco pipe

How to Pronounce Stem

  • stɛm
  • 1 - stɛm