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Synonyms
stem

noun

  1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed: "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
  2. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
  3. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
  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"
  6. a turn made in skiing: the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

verb

  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"
  4. remove the stem from: "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"