stem
1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (Freq. 23)
- thematic vowels are part of the stem
• Syn:
root, root word, base, theme, radical
• Topics:
linguistics
• Hypernyms:
form, word form, signifier, descriptor
2. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ (Freq. 10)
• Syn:
stalk
• Hypernyms:
plant organ
• Hyponyms:
gynophore, carpophore, cornstalk, corn stalk, filament,
funicle, funiculus, petiolule, cane, sporangiophore, cutting,
slip, tuber, rhizome, rootstock, rootstalk, axis,
caudex, beanstalk, cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade,
stock, stipe, scape, flower stalk, petiole, leafstalk,
bulb, corm, branch, culm, haulm, halm,
trunk, tree trunk, bole
• Part Meronyms:
internode, receptacle, node, leaf node
3. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
shank
• Hypernyms:
cylinder
• Part Holonyms:
anchor, ground tackle, key, handle, grip,
handgrip, hold, nail, pin, wineglass
4. the tube of a tobacco pipe
• Hypernyms:
tube, tubing
• Part Holonyms:
pipe, tobacco pipe
5. front part of a vessel or aircraft
- he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line
• Syn:
bow, fore, prow
• Hypernyms:
front
• Part Holonyms:
vessel, watercraft
6. a turn made in skiing;
the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
• Syn:
stem turn
• Hypernyms:
turn, turning
1. grow out of, have roots in, originate in (Freq. 19)
- The increase in the national debt stems from the last war
• Hypernyms:
originate in
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. cause to point inward
- stem your skis
• Hypernyms:
orient
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. stop the flow of a liquid
- staunch the blood flow
- stem the tide
• Syn:
stanch, staunch, halt
• Derivationally related forms:
halt (for: halt)
• Hypernyms:
check
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. remove the stem from
- for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed
• Derivationally related forms:
stemmer
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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