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Definition of Stem

Stem Alt. of Steem Alt. of Steem The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top. A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry. The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. A branch of a family. A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow. Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout. Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached. That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean. The entire central axis of a feather. The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian. The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc. The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base. To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves. To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole. To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current. To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current. Related Definitions: Above, Added, Advanced, Against, Alt, An, And, Any, Anything, Apple, Are, As, At, Attached, Axis, Basal, Base, Blasting, Body, Bow, Bowsprit, Branch, Branches, By, Case, Central, Check, Cherry, Clay, Crotchet, Current, Curved, Cut, End, Entire, Euphonic, Except, Family, Feather, Fig, Flow, Flower, Fore, Forward, From, Fruit, Generation, Given, Gorgonian, Ground, Head, Hence, Hole, Inflected, Inflection, Into, Is, It, Keel, Kind, Leading, Leaf, Leaves, Line, Little, Lookout, Lower, Main, Make, Move, Note, Obstacle, Of, One, Oppose, Or, Part, Pedicel, Peduncle, Pennatulacea, Perpendicular, Petiole, Piece, Pipe, Plant, Portion, Position, Principal, Progress, Quaver, Race, Ram, Remove, Resembling, Resist, Ring, Rising, Scarfed, Semiquaver, Ship, Short, Shrub, Stalk, Steem, Stem, Stock, Stop, Subterranean, Suspended, Tail, That, The, Theme, Throughout, Timber, To, Tobacco, Top, Tree, Two, United, Upon, Upper, Vessel, Watch, Whether, Which, Wholly, With, Word

Stem Quotations What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it. Anita Hill Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. Plato Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners. Eric Hoffer Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases. Tom Allen There are lots of other issues in policy including the stem cell issue. David Baltimore

Stem Translations stem in Afrikaans is stam stem in Danish is stilk, stamme stem in Dutch is boomstam, stam stem in French is tronc, queue, tige stem in Italian is tronco, sollevare stem in Portuguese is tronco, haste stem in Spanish is tallo, tronco

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