stem

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
• front part of a vessel or aircraft
• stop the flow of a liquid
• cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
• a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
• the tube of a tobacco pipe
• a turn made in skiing
• grow out of, have roots in, originate in
• cause to point inward
• remove the stem from
• The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind
• A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch
• The stock of a family
• A branch of a family
• 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
• Fig.: An advanced or leading position
• Anything resembling a stem or stalk
• That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean
• The entire central axis of a feather
• The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian
• The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note
• The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection
• To remove the stem or stems from
• To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole
• To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel
• To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in North Carolina

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