stem


Meanings

  • (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
    • "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
  • a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
  • cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
  • the tube of a tobacco pipe
  • front part of a vessel or aircraft;
  • a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
  • grow out of, have roots in, originate in;
    • "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
  • cause to point inward;
    • "stem your skis"
  • stop the flow of a liquid;
    • "stem the tide"
  • remove the stem from;
    • "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
  • STEM v STEMMED, STEMMING, STEMS to remove stems (ascending axes of a plant) from


Scrabble Score: 6

stem is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

stem is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

stem is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 7

stem is a valid Words With Friends word