1. • noun - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
   • noun - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
   • noun - cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
   • noun - the tube of a tobacco pipe
   • noun - front part of a vessel or aircraft
   • noun - a turn made in skiing
   • verb - grow out of, have roots in, originate in
   • verb - cause to point inward
   • verb - stop the flow of a liquid
   • verb - remove the stem from
2. • The main ascending axis of a plant; a stalk or trunk.
   • A slender stalk supporting or connecting another plant part, such as a leaf or flower.
   • A banana stalk bearing several bunches of bananas.
   • The tube of a tobacco pipe.
   • The slender upright support of a wineglass or goblet.
   • The small projecting shaft with an expanded crown by which a watch is wound.
   • The rounded rod in the center of certain locks about which the key fits and is turned.
   • The shaft of a feather or hair.
   • The upright stroke of a typeface or letter.
   • The vertical line extending from the head of a note.
   • The main line of descent of a family.
   • Linguistics.
   • The curved upright beam at the fore of a vessel into which the hull timbers are scarfed to form the prow.
   • To have or take origin or descent.
   • To remove the stem of.
   • To provide with a stem.
   • The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to come forth or come into being”: customs stemming from the past; misery arising from war; rights deriving from citizenship; disapproval emanating from the teacher; happiness that flows from their friendship; prejudice that issues from fear; a proposal originating in the Congress; a mistake that proceeded from carelessness; rebellion rising in the provinces; new industries springing up.
   • To stop or hold back by or as if by damming; stanch.
   • To plug or tamp (a blast hole, for example).
   • To point (skis) inward.
3. • v - to remove stems (ascending axes of a plant) from

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