· (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

Synonym(s): root, root_word, base, theme, radical

Hypernym(s): form, word_form, signifier, descriptor

· a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

Synonym(s): stalk

Hypernym(s): plant_organ

· cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

Synonym(s): shank

Hypernym(s): cylinder

· the tube of a tobacco pipe

Hypernym(s): tube, tubing

· front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

Synonym(s): bow, fore, prow

Hypernym(s): front

· 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

Hypernym(s): turn, turning

· grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"

Hypernym(s): originate_in

· cause to point inward; "stem your skis"

Hypernym(s): orient

· stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"

Synonym(s): stanch, staunch, halt

Hypernym(s): check

· remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"

Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw