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Meaning of stem

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stem
      n 1: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are
           removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn:
           {root}, {root word}, {base}, {stem}, {theme}, {radical}]
      2: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or
         fungus or a plant part or plant organ [syn: {stalk}, {stem}]
      3: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something [syn:
         {shank}, {stem}]
      4: the tube of a tobacco pipe
      5: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of
         the boat toward the finish line" [syn: {bow}, {fore}, {prow},
         {stem}]
      6: a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward
         and the other ski is brought parallel to it [syn: {stem
         turn}, {stem}]
      v 1: grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in
           the national debt stems from the last war"
      2: cause to point inward; "stem your skis"
      3: stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem
         the tide" [syn: {stem}, {stanch}, {staunch}, {halt}]
      4: remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language
         processing, the words must be stemmed"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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