stem 1 (st m)n. 1. a. The main ascending axis of a plant; a stalk or trunk. b. A slender stalk supporting or connecting another plant part, such as a leaf or flower. 2. A banana stalk bearing several bunches of bananas. 3. A connecting or supporting part, especially: a. The tube of a tobacco pipe. b. The slender upright support of a wineglass or goblet. c. The small projecting shaft with an expanded crown by which a watch is wound. d. The rounded rod in the center of certain locks about which the key fits and is turned. e. The shaft of a feather or hair. f. The upright stroke of a typeface or letter. g. Music The vertical line extending from the head of a note. 4. The main line of descent of a family. 5. Linguistics The main part of a word to which affixes are added. 6. Nautical The curved upright beam at the fore of a vessel into which the hull timbers are scarfed to form the prow. 7. The tubular glass structure mounting the filament or electrodes in an incandescent bulb or vacuum tube. v. stemmed, stem·ming, stems v.intr. To have or take origin or descent. v.tr. Idiom: 1. To remove the stem of. 2. To provide with a stem. 3. To make headway against: managed to stem the rebellion. from stem to stern From one end to another. [Middle English, from Old English stefn, stemn; see st  - in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: stem1, arise, derive, emanate, flow, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring These verbs mean to come forth or come into being: customs that stem from the past; misery that arose from war; rights that derive from citizenship; disapproval that emanated from the teacher; happiness that flows from their friendship; prejudice that issues from fear; a proposal that originated in the Congress; a mistake that proceeded from carelessness; rebellion that rises in the provinces; new industries that spring up. |
| stem 2 (stm) v. stemmed, stem·ming, stems v.tr. 1. To stop or hold back by or as if by damming; stanch. 2. To plug or tamp (a blast hole, for example). 3. Sports To point (skis) inward. v.intr. Sports To point skis inward in order to slow down or turn. [Middle English stemmen, from Old Norse stemma.] |
Stem [stɛm]
n
(Music, other) die. (di) the South African national anthem until 1991, when it was joined by ``Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika''
[from Afrikaans, the call]
stem1
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the main axis of a plant, which bears the leaves, axillary buds, and flowers and contains a hollow cylinder of vascular tissue
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any similar subsidiary structure in such plants that bears a flower, fruit, or leaf
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a corresponding structure in algae and fungi
4. any long slender part, such as the hollow part of a tobacco pipe that lies between the bit and the bowl, or the support between the base and the bowl of a wineglass, goblet, etc.
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a banana stalk with several bunches attached
6. (History / Heraldry) the main line of descent or branch of a family
7. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a round pin in some locks on which a socket in the end of a key fits and about which it rotates
8. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) any projecting feature of a component: a shank or cylindrical pin or rod, such as the pin that carries the winding knob on a watch
9. (Linguistics) Linguistics the form of a word that remains after removal of all inflectional affixes; the root of a word, esp as occurring together with a thematic element Compare root1 [9]
10. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the main, usually vertical, stroke of a letter or of a musical note such as a minim
11. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) Electronics the tubular glass section projecting from the base of a light bulb or electronic valve, on which the filament or electrodes are mounted
12. (Transport / Nautical Terms)
a. the main upright timber or structure at the bow of a vessel
b. the very forward end of a vessel (esp in the phrase from stem to stern)
vb stems, stemming, stemmed
1. (intr; usually foll by from) to be derived; originate
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (tr) to make headway against (a tide, wind, etc.)
3. (tr) to remove or disengage the stem or stems from
4. (tr) to supply (something) with a stem or stems
[Old English stemn; related to Old Norse stafn stem of a ship, German Stamm tribe, Gothic stōma basis, Latin stāmen thread]
stemlike adj
stemmer n
stem2
vb stems, stemming, stemmed
1. (tr) to restrain or stop (the flow of something) by or as if by damming up
2. (tr) to pack tightly or stop up
3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Skiing) Skiing to manoeuvre (a ski or skis), as in performing a stem
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Skiing) Skiing a technique in which the heel of one ski or both skis is forced outwards from the direction of movement in order to slow down or turn
[C15 stemmen, from Old Norse stemma; related to Old Norse stamr blocked, stammering, German stemmen to prop; see stammer]
stemmer n
| stem (stm) 1. The main, often long or slender part of a plant that usually grows upward above the ground and supports other parts, such as branches and leaves. Plants have evolved a number of tissue arrangements in the stem. Seedless vascular plants (such as mosses and ferns) have primary vascular tissue in an inner core, a cylindrical ring, or individual strands scattered amid the ground tissue. In eudicots, magnoliids, and conifers, the stem develops a continuous cylindrical layer or a ring of separate bundles of vascular tissue (including secondary vascular tissue) embedded in the ground tissue. In monocots and some herbaceous eudicots, individual strands of primary vascular tissue are scattered in the ground tissue. 2. A slender stalk supporting or connecting another plant part, such as a leaf or flower. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | stem - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" linguistics - the scientific study of language descriptor, form, signifier, word form - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" |
| 2. | stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ gynophore - the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle carpophore - a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel corn stalk, cornstalk - the stalk of a corn plant filament - the stalk of a stamen petiolule - the stalk of a leaflet cane - a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus sporangiophore - stalk bearing one or more sporangia cutting, slip - a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting tuber - a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage rhizome, rootstalk, rootstock - a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure axis - the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged caudex - woody stem of palms and tree ferns internode - a segment of a stem between two nodes beanstalk - stem of a bean plant cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade - a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf receptacle - enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts stipe - supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap flower stalk, scape - erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip bulb - a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure corm - solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure leaf node, node - (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge branch - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant culm - stem of plants of the Gramineae halm, haulm - stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding tree trunk, trunk, bole - the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber | |
| 3. | stem - cylinder forming a long narrow part of something anchor, ground tackle - a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" key - metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated nail - a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener pin - a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things wineglass - a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served cylinder - a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line | |
| 4. | stem - the tube of a tobacco pipe pipe, tobacco pipe - a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco | |
| 5. |  stem - front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"front - the side that is seen or that goes first vessel, watercraft - a craft designed for water transportation | |
| 6. | stem - a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it | |
| Verb | 1. | stem - grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war" originate in - come from |
| 2. | stem - cause to point inward; "stem your skis" orient - cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West" | |
| 3. | stem - stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide" check - arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve" | |
| 4. | stem - remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed" |
stem1
noun stalk, branch, trunk, shoot, stock, axis, peduncle He cut the stem for her with his knife and handed her the flower.
stem from something originate from, be caused by, derive from, arise from, flow from, emanate from, develop from, be generated by, be brought about by, be bred by, issue forth from Much of the instability stems from the economic effects of the war.
stem2
Translations
stem1 [stem]
stem2 [stem] VT (= check, stop) [+ blood] → restañar; [+ attack, flood] → detener
to stem the tide of events → detener el curso de los acontecimientos
A. N
B. VI to stem from sth → ser el resultado de algo
stem2 [stem] VT (= check, stop) [+ blood] → restañar; [+ attack, flood] → detener
to stem the tide of events → detener el curso de los acontecimientos
stem [ˈstɛm]
vt (= stop) [+ flow, bleeding] → endiguer
stem cell n → cellule f souche
stem-cell research n → recherche f sur les cellules souches
stem from
vt fus → provenir de, découler destem cell n → cellule f souche
stem-cell research n → recherche f sur les cellules souches
stem
stem:
n
(of plant) → Stiel m; (of woody plant, shrub) → Stamm m; (of grain) → Halm m; (fig, of family tree) → Hauptlinie f, → Hauptzweig m
(of glass) → Stiel m; (of pipe) → Hals m; (Mus: of note) → (Noten)hals m; (in watch) → Welle f; (of thermometer) → Röhre f
(of word) → Stamm m
vt (= check, stop) → aufhalten; flow of sth, tide, flood, losses, exodus also → eindämmen; bleeding, decline also → zum Stillstand bringen; inflation also, flow of words → Einhalt gebieten (+dat)
vi to stem from something (= result from) → von etw kommen, von etw herrühren; (= have as origin) → aus etw (her)stammen, auf etw (acc) → zurückgehen; what does this increase in inflation stem from? → welche Ursachen hat diese Zunahme der Inflation?
stem:
stem cell
n (Biol, Med) → Stammzelle f; stem research → Stammzellenforschung f
stem [stɛm]
stem [stɛm]
1. n (of plant) → gambo, stelo; (of fruit, leaf) → gambo, picciolo; (of glass) → stelo; (of word) → radice f
2. vt (check, stop) → frenare, arrestare; (river) → arginare, contenere; (disease) → contenere
to stem the tide of events → arrestare il corso degli eventi
to stem the tide of events → arrestare il corso degli eventi
stem from vi + adv → derivare da
stem [stɛm]
1. n (of plant) → gambo, stelo; (of fruit, leaf) → gambo, picciolo; (of glass) → stelo; (of word) → radice f
2. vt (check, stop) → frenare, arrestare; (river) → arginare, contenere; (disease) → contenere
to stem the tide of events → arrestare il corso degli eventi
to stem the tide of events → arrestare il corso degli eventi
stem from vi + adv → derivare da
n stem [stem]
1 the part of a plant that grows upward from the root, or the part from which a leaf, flower or fruit grows; a stalk Poppies have long, hairy, twisting stems. steel ساق стъбло stonek stilk; stængel der Stiel μίσχος vars ساقه varsi tige גִבעוֹל तना, स्तंभ stabljika, peteljka szár batang stofn, trjábolur; stilkur gambo, stelo 茎 줄기 kotas, stiebas stumbrs; stiebrs; stublājs; kāts batang pokok steel stilk łodyga haste tulpină ствол; стебель stonka steblo stablo stam, stängel, stjälk ลำต้น sap, gövde 莖、梗、(樹)幹 стовбур; стебло تنا یا شاخ thân cây, cuống 茎、梗、（树）干
2 the narrow part of various objects, eg of a wine-glass between the bowl and the base the stem of a wine-glass / of a tobacco-pipe. steel عُنْق столче nožka; troubel stilk; spids der Stiel το μακρύ στέλεχος διάφορων αντικειμένων, πόδι (μτφ.) jalg, tüvi پايه varsi pied קָנֶה वृन्त, डंठल, डण्डी držak, kamiš (lule) szár tangkai stilkur gambo, stelo 柄 (와인 잔 등의) 굽 kojelė, kandiklis kājiņa; kāts tangkai steel stett trzon haste picior ножка; черенок nôžka, rúrka držalo uski deo fot, skaft ก้าน sap, ayak 酒杯的腳 держак; ніжка مختلف چیزوں کا تنگ حصہ chân 酒杯的脚
3 the upright piece of wood or metal at the bow of a ship As the ship struck the rock, she shook from stem to stern. voorstewe مُقَدَّمة السَّفينَه мор. нос po celé délce fra for til agter der Steven το κατακόρυφο ξύλινο ή μεταλλικό κομμάτι της πλώρης vöörtääv تنه keulavannas étrave חַרטוֹם मन्दान, गलही pramac, pramčana stetva (hajó)orr tiang stefni tronco 船首 뱃머리 pirmagalio sija (kuģa) priekšgals; priekšpīķis tiang voorsteven forstavn dziobnica proa etravă форштевень; нос po celej dĺžke ladijski kljun pramac för, stäv, framstam สมอเรือ baş, pruva 船頭 форштевень, ніс جہاز کا بڑا حصہ mũi tàu 船头
v – past tense, past participle stemmed –
(withfrom) to be caused by Hate sometimes stems from envy. ontstaan, veroorsaak deur يَنْشأ عَن، يَنْجِم عَن произхождам pramenit (z) stamme stammen προέρχομαι, πηγάζω pärinema نشات گرفتن از juontaa juurensa provenir de לִנבוֹעַ रोकना, डट कर सामना करना potjecati, proizlaziti ered vhonnan karena stafa af provenire 由来する (~의해) 야기되다 kilti rasties; celties kerana voortkomen uit stamme fra pochodzić, mieć swoje źródło provir a proveni (din/de la), a fi cauzat de происходить; возникать prameniť (z) izvirati proisteći härröra från, uppstå ur เกิดจาก doğmak, ileri gelmek 發生(於) походити روکنا xuất phát từ 发生（于）
-stemmed
a thick-stemmed plant; He smoked a short-stemmed pipe. steel ذو ساقٍ с някакъв вид дръжка -lodyžný; s ... troubelí -stammet ...-stielig με στέλεχος συγκεκριμένου τύπου (ως β΄ συνθ.) -varreline ساقه؛ دسته vartinen à tige/tuyau קָנֶה शाखा वाला s (takvom) peteljkom, npr. biljka s debelom peteljkom vmilyen szárú berbatang með stofn/stilk sem er dal gambo (...) 茎が～の－ -줄기 -kotis īskāta pīpe bertangkai {#169}stelig med... stilk o... łodydze, o... trzonie de haste (grossa, etc.) cu tulpină; cu ţeavă -черенковый s ... byľou; s ... rúrkou s (...) pecljem koji je - stabla med [] stjälk, -skaftad ซึ่งมีก้าน ... gövdeli/saplı 帶柄的 такий, що з певним стовбуром, стеблем موٹے تنے والا پودا có thân, cuống, chân 带柄的
stem2
v stem [stem]
to stop (a flow, eg of blood). stop يقْطَع النَّزيف възпирам zastavit standse stillen ανακόπτω, σταματώ peatama بند آوردن tyrehdyttää arrêter לַעֲצוֹר זְרִימָה बांध बनाना, डंठल निकालना ustavljati, zaustaviti (krvarenje) meggátol menghentikan stemma, stöðva arrestare; arginare 止める (출혈을) 막다 sustabdyti apturēt menghentikan stelpen stanse tamować parar a opri останавливать (кровотечение) ustaviti zaustaviti stämma, hejda ทำให้หยุดไหล; ยับยั้ง durdurmak 堵住 загачувати; затримувати بند کرنا ngăn chặn 堵住
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