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stem
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
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noun
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
noun
front part of a vessel or aircraft
“he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line”
noun
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
noun
the tube of a tobacco pipe
noun
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
“thematic vowels are part of the stem”
noun
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
verb
remove the stem from
“for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed”
verb
stop the flow of a liquid
“staunch the blood flow”
verb
grow out of, have roots in, originate in
“The increase in the national debt stems from the last war”
verb
cause to point inward
“stem your skis”
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he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line
thematic vowels are part of the stem
for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed
staunch the blood flow
stem the tide
The increase in the national debt stems from the last war
stem your skis
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