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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           [They] stem the flood with their erected breasts.
                                                    --Denham.
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           Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope.
     [1913 Webster]

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. ``An argosy to stem the waves.'' --Shak.
  
           [They] stem the flood with their erected breasts.
                                                    --Denham.
  
           Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ 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, theme, radical]
       2: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or
          fungus or a plant part or plant organ [syn: stalk]
       3: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something [syn: shank]
       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]
       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]
       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"; "them
          the tide" [syn: stanch, staunch, halt]
       4: remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language
          processing, the words must be stemmed"
       [also: stemming, stemmed]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  stemmed
       adj 1: having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often
              used in combination; "stemmed goblets"; "long-stemmed
              roses" [ant: stemless]
       2: producing a well-developed stem above ground [syn: caulescent,
           cauline] [ant: acaulescent]
       3: having the stem removed; "stemmed berries"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  stemmed
       See stem

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stemmed
     a.
     Having a stem.
     vb.
     (infl of en stem  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  stemmed
     a.
     Having a stem.
     vb.
     (infl of en stem  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  stemmed
     a.
     Having a stem.
     vb.
     (infl of en stem  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  stemmed
     a.
     Having a stem.
     vb.
     (infl of en stem  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stemmed
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s tem med)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stemmed
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en stem ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb stem)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Stemmed /stˈɛmd/
  إستأصل