Stem : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Stem	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for Stem
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stem n (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" Synonym(s): root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ Synonym(s): stalk, stem cylinder forming a long narrow part of something Synonym(s): shank, stem the tube of a tobacco pipe front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" Synonym(s): bow, fore, prow, stem a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it Synonym(s): stem turn, stem v grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war" cause to point inward; "stem your skis" stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide" Synonym(s): stem, stanch, staunch, halt remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]An argosy to stem the waves.[b8] --Shak. [They] stem the flood with their erected breasts. --Denham. Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stem \Stem\, v. i. To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current. Stemming nightly toward the pole. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stem \Stem\, Steem \Steem\, v. i. To gleam. [Obs.] His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . . [And] stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron]. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stem \Stem\, Steem \Steem\, n. A gleam of light; flame. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stem \Stem\, n. [AS. stemn, stefn, st[91]fn; 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. --Sir W. Raleigh. The lowering spring, with lavish rain, Beats down the slender stem and breaded grain. --Dryden. 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. [bd]All that are of noble stem.[b8] --Milton. While I do pray, learn here thy stem And true descent. --Herbert. 4. A branch of a family. This is a stem Of that victorious stock. --Shak. 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. --Fuller. 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[94]l.) (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stem, NC (town, FIPS 64940) Location: 36.19981 N, 78.72323 W Population (1990): 249 (111 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27581