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1. stem
noun. ['ˈstɛm'] (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stemma (Old Norse)
- stemn (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Stem
- cardizem
- difm
- rpm
- ppm
- pgm
- mgm
- condemn
- mam
- imm
- swem
- schwemm
- prem
- p.m.
- klemme
- klemm
- klem
- clem
- brem
- brehm
- blehm
- alem
- them
- temme
- schemm
- rhem
- remme
- rem
- rehm
- lemm
- lem
Sentences with stem
1. Noun, singular or mass
The stem should be green but should snap when you bend it.
2. Adjective
It contains stem cells that develop into red and white blood cells and platelets.
Quotes about stem
1. I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem.
- Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber
2. With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
- Henri Matisse
3. Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself.
- Daisaku Ikeda
2. stem
verb. ['ˈstɛm'] grow out of, have roots in, originate in.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stemma (Old Norse)
- stemn (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. stem
noun. ['ˈstɛm'] a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ.
Synonyms
- branch
- flower stalk
- slip
- stock
- rhizome
- halm
- caudex
- leaf node
- tuber
- tree trunk
- carpophore
- gynophore
- scape
- phylloclad
- trunk
- beanstalk
- phylloclade
- stipe
- bole
- receptacle
- rootstock
- cladode
- haulm
- petiolule
- cutting
- cornstalk
- petiole
- corn stalk
- axis
- corm
- plant organ
- node
- bulb
- leafstalk
- cane
- filament
- culm
- sporangiophore
- internode
- funiculus
- rootstalk
- funicle
- cladophyll
Antonyms
Etymology
- stemma (Old Norse)
- stemn (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. stem
noun. ['ˈstɛm'] cylinder forming a long narrow part of something.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stemma (Old Norse)
- stemn (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. stem
verb. ['ˈstɛm'] cause to point inward.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stemma (Old Norse)
- stemn (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. stem
noun. ['ˈstɛm'] a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stemma (Old Norse)
- stemn (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. stem
verb. ['ˈstɛm'] stop the flow of a liquid.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stemma (Old Norse)
- stemn (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. stem
noun. ['ˈstɛm'] front part of a vessel or aircraft.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stemma (Old Norse)
- stemn (Old English (ca. 450-1100))