Noun

• S: (n) root (root%1:10:00::), root word (root_word%1:10:00::), base (base%1:10:00::), stem (stem%1:10:01::), theme (theme%1:10:03::), radical (radical%1:10:02::) ((linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed) "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
• S: (n) stalk (stalk%1:20:00::), stem (stem%1:20:00::) (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)
• S: (n) shank (shank%1:06:03::), stem (stem%1:06:02::) (cylinder forming a long narrow part of something)
• S: (n) stem (stem%1:06:01::) (the tube of a tobacco pipe)
• S: (n) bow (bow%1:06:02::), fore (fore%1:06:00::), prow (prow%1:06:00::), stem (stem%1:06:00::) (front part of a vessel or aircraft) "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
• S: (n) stem turn (stem_turn%1:04:00::), stem (stem%1:04:00::) (a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it)

Verb

• S: (v) stem (stem%2:42:00::) (grow out of, have roots in, originate in) "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
• S: (v) stem (stem%2:42:03::) (cause to point inward) "stem your skis"
• S: (v) stem (stem%2:30:00::), stanch (stanch%2:30:00::), staunch (staunch%2:30:00::), halt (halt%2:30:02::) (stop the flow of a liquid) "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
• S: (v) stem (stem%2:30:01::) (remove the stem from) "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"