stem

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

stems

1.
The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
2.
A branch of a family.
3.
An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
4.
(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.
5.
A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
the stem of an apple or a cherry
6.
A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
7.
(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.
8.
(slang)A person's leg.
9.
(slang)The penis.
10.
(typography) A vertical stroke of a letter.
11.
(music) A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
Đồng nghĩa: tail, virgula
12.
(music) A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.

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verb

V_es/s

stems

V_ing/Gerund

stemming

V_ed/pp

stemmed

1.
To remove the stem from.
to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves
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.
6.
To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
7.
(transitive)To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
to stem a tide
8.
(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.
9.
(climbing) To use a stance with the feet spread apart, bracing them in opposite directions against the two walls of a chimney or dihedral.

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Đồng nghĩa

tail virgula bowforeforestemprow beak proreto originate spring to be due to, to arise fromarisedue to

Trái nghĩa

stern aft poop

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn (stem), from *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz (stem, tree stalk), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (to stand, stay).