stem

(n) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- thematic vowels are part of the stem
root word, root, theme, radical, base,
(n) a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ stalk,
(n) cylinder forming a long narrow part of something shank,
(n) the tube of a tobacco pipe
(n) front part of a vessel or aircraft
- he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line
fore, prow, bow,
(n) a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it stem turn,

(v) grow out of, have roots in, originate in
- The increase in the national debt stems from the last war
(v) cause to point inward
- stem your skis
(v) stop the flow of a liquid
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
stanch, staunch, halt,
(v) remove the stem from
- for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed

root word root theme radical base stalk stanch staunch halt shank fore prow bow stem turn

step stet stew

STD STH STM s.t.p. STP sty

stab stag star stay step stet stew stir stob stop stow stub stud stun stye Styx

stem blight stem canker stem cell stem-cell research stem ginger stemless stemless carline thistle stemless daisy stemless golden weed stemless hymenoxys stem lettuce stemma stemmatic stemmatics stemmatology stemmed stemmer stemming algorithm stem turn stem vowel stem-winder