Stem | Meaning of stem

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stem (noun)
The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.

stem (noun)
A branch of a family.

stem (noun)
An advanced or leading position; the lookout.

stem (noun)
A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
The stem of an apple or a cherry.

stem (noun)
A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.

stem (noun)
Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.

stem (verb)
To remove the stem from.
To stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves.

stem (verb)
To be caused or derived; to originate.
The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.

stem (verb)
To descend in a family line.

stem (verb)
To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.

stem (verb)
To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.

stem (verb)
To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
To stem a tide.

stem (noun)
Alternative form of steem.

stem (noun)
Alternative form of STEM.

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January 24, 2019

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