stem

stem

stem (third-person singular simple present stems, present participle stemming, simple past and past participle stemmed)

1. To take out the stem from.
2. To be caused or derived; to originate.

   The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.

3. To descend in a family line.
4. To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
5. (obsolete) To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:

     As when two warlike Brigandines at sea, / With murdrous weapons armd to cruell fight, / Doe meete together on the watry lea, / They stemme ech other with so fell despight, / That with the shocke of their owne heedlesse might, / Their wooden ribs are shaken nigh a sonder [...].

stem (plural stems)

1. (botany) The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
2. A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogue the shaft of a feather.
3. A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
4. (linguistics) The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
5. (typography) A vertical stroke of a letter.
6. (music) A vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music.
7. (nautical) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.

	gambo
	slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
	narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects

	stelo
	slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant
	narrow supporting structure on certain man-made objects
	Parte delle piante erbacee che sostiene il fiore, le foglie o il frutto.

	discendere
	to descend

	radice
	linguistics: main part of a word

	tronco
	botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant

	aprire
	skiing: to point the skis inward

	arrestare
	to stop, hinder

	asta
	music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music

	ceppo
	botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant

	derivare
	to be caused

	fusto
	botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant

	gamba
	music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music

	peduncolo
	slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant

	picciolo
	slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant

	prua
	nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel

	radicale
	linguistics: main part of a word

	spazzaneve
	skiing: to point the skis inward

	tema
	linguistics: main part of a word

albero

arginare

barra

coda

condotto

contenere

fermare

frenare

genere

germoglio

opprimere

palo

provenire

ritenere

sbarrare

scaturire

sollevare

tribù

Altri significati:

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

(obsolete) To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.

(linguistics) The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.

(typography) A vertical stroke of a letter.

To be caused or derived; to originate.

To descend in a family line.

To take out the stem from.

(skiing) To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.

A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogue the shaft of a feather.

(music) A vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music.

to take out the stem from something

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

typography: vertical stroke of a letter

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

(botany) The above-ground stalk ( '''technically''' axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.

stem (word)

bow (of boat)

(nautical) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.

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