stem

[Stem]

A stem is a plant's stalk, and it's also a verb meaning "grow out of." So roses have stems, and your idea to give roses to your mom for her birthday stems from her love of flowers.

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

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

Noun
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

Noun
the tube of a tobacco pipe

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

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Noun
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

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

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

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

Verb
cause to point inward; "stem your skis"


v. i.
Alt. of Steem

n.
Alt. of Steem

n.
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.

n.
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.

n.
The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.

n.
A branch of a family.

n.
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.

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

n.
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.

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

n.
The entire central axis of a feather.

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

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

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

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.

v. t.
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.

v. i.
To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.


Stem

Stem , n. [AS. stemn, stefn, st'91fn; akin to OS. stamn the stem of a ship, D. stam stem, steven stem of a ship, G. stamm stem, steven stem of a ship, Icel. stafn, stamn, stem of a ship, stofn, stomn, stem, Sw. stam a tree trunk, Dan. stamme. Cf. Staff, Stand.] 1. 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.
After they are shot up thirty feet in length, they spread a very large top, having no bough nor twig in the trunk or the stem.
The lowering spring, with lavish rain, Beats down the slender stem and breaded grain.
2. 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. 3. The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. "All that are of noble stem." Milton.
While I do pray, learn here thy stem And true descent.
4. A branch of a family.
This is a stem Of that victorious stock.
5. (Naut.) 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. 6. Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
Wolsey sat at the stem more than twenty years.
7. 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. 8. (Bot.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean. 9. (Zo'94l.) (a) The entire central axis of a feather. (b) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian. 10. (Mus.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc. 11. (Gram.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base. From stem to stern (Naut.), from one end of the ship to the other, or through the whole length. -- Stem leaf (Bot.), a leaf growing from the stem of a plant, as contrasted with a basal or radical leaf.

Stem

Stem, v. t. 1. 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. 2. To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.

Stem

Stem, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stemmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stemming.] [Either from stem, n., or akin to stammer; cf. G. stemmen to press against.] 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. "An argosy to stem the waves." Shak.
[They] stem the flood with their erected breasts.
Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age.

Stem

Stem, v. i. To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.
Stemming nightly toward the pole.

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.

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.

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.

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

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Usage Examples

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.

I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they drive people and policies brought into public discourse.

Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, brain and spinal cord disorders, diabetes, cancer, at least 58 diseases could potentially be cured through stem cell research, diseases that touch every family in America and in the world.

In fact when you combine stem cell technology with the technology known as tissue engineering you can actually grow up entire organs, so as you suggest that sometime in the future you get in an auto accident and lose your kidney, we'd simply take a few skin cells and grow you up a new kidney. In fact this has already been done.

Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.

Sadly, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal in this country and has been going on at universities and research facilities for years.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The first misconception is that embryonic stem cell research is not legal. The fact is, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal. Research on embryonic stem cells has taken place for years.

Embryonic stem cell research is legal in America, and nothing in the administration's current policy affects that legality 400 lines are currently being used to conduct embryonic stem cell research, both in the private sector and by the Federal Government.

If your neighbor has a completely different view on abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, all of those things, you still are both Americans. Neither one of you is necessarily more patriotic than the other. Neither loves their country any more than the other one does.

To date, embryonic stem cell research has not produced a single medical treatment, where ethical, adult stem cell research has produced some 67 medical miracles.

Today, it is research with human embryonic stem cells and attempts to prepare cloned stem cells for research and medical therapies that are being disavowed as being ethically unacceptable.

We have a lot to gain through furthering stem cell research, but medical breakthroughs should be fundamentally about saving, not destroying, human life. Therefore, I support stem cell research that does not destroy the embryo.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution.

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