Stem

Definition:

(v. i.) Alt. of Steem
(n.) Alt. of Steem
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
(n.) A branch of a family.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
(n.) 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.
(n.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
(n.) The entire central axis of a feather.
(n.) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
(n.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
(n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.

Compare stem with other words:

emerge vs. stem

stem vs. stipes

release vs. stem

branches vs. stem

herbaceous vs. stem

intrapetiolar vs. stem

pericambium vs. stem

homomallous vs. stem

semiamplexicaul vs. stem

pentacrinoid vs. stem

octostichous vs. stem

antidromous vs. stem

oppositifolious vs. stem

frutex vs. stem

scyphus vs. stem

sarment vs. stem

carpophore vs. stem

orthostichy vs. stem

selfstanding vs. stem

breasthook vs. stem

lenticel vs. stem

caulocarpous vs. stem

caulicle vs. stem

adversifoliate vs. stem

cespitose vs. stem

stem vs. stemmy

content vs. stem

branch vs. stem

influence vs. stem

harpings vs. stem

stem vs. uniaxial

circumnutation vs. stem

etiolation vs. stem

apophony vs. stem

stem vs. stemmer

perfoliate vs. stem

amplexicaul vs. stem

oblanceolate vs. stem

decurrent vs. stem

fruticose vs. stem

cambium vs. stem

stem vs. stemmed

cortical vs. stem

squarrose vs. stem

gammon vs. stem

heartwood vs. stem

sapwood vs. stem

cutwater vs. stem

stalked vs. stem

horsetail vs. stem

clipper vs. stem

forefoot vs. stem

internode vs. stem

caulescent vs. stem

deliquescent vs. stem

sinuate vs. stem

endodermis vs. stem

phyllotaxis vs. stem

heteroclitic vs. stem

example vs. stem

macropodal vs. stem

deltoid vs. stem

stem vs. thematic

stem vs. tendril

cortex vs. stem

caudex vs. stem

mathematics vs. stem

engineering vs. stem

stem vs. technology

science vs. stem

angelica vs. stem

attached vs. stem

ossicle vs. stem

chalice vs. stem

bobstay vs. stem

goblet vs. stem

knotweed vs. stem

cactus vs. stem

caster vs. stem

heterodromous vs. stem

lanceolate vs. stem

cutting vs. stem

asafoetida vs. stem

stem vs. sucker

posterior vs. stem

ramification vs. stem

originate vs. stem

acrogen vs. stem

dichotomy vs. stem

stem vs. taster

compound vs. stem

stem vs. truncheon

emanate vs. stem

dracaena vs. stem

derive vs. stem

acaulescent vs. stem

descend vs. stem

stem vs. stemless

stem vs. strake

rhizome vs. stem

standard vs. stem

embryonic vs. stem