Dictionary entry details
• STEM (noun)
Meaning:
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
stem; root word; root; theme; radical; base
Context example:
thematic vowels are part of the stem
Hypernyms ("stem" is a kind of...):
descriptor; form; signifier; word form (the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Meaning:
A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
stalk; stem
Hypernyms ("stem" is a kind of...):
plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)
Meronyms (parts of "stem"):
internode (a segment of a stem between two nodes)
receptacle (enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stem"):
beanstalk (stem of a bean plant)
cladode; cladophyll; phylloclad; phylloclade (a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf)
caudex; stock (persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant)
stipe (supporting stalk or stemlike structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap)
flower stalk; scape (erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip)
leafstalk; petiole (the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf)
bulb (a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure)
corm (solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure)
branch (a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant)
culm (stem of plants of the Gramineae)
halm; haulm (stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding)
caudex (woody stem of palms and tree ferns)
axis (the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged)
gynophore (the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle)
carpophore (a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel)
corn stalk; cornstalk (the stalk of a corn plant)
filament (the stalk of a stamen)
funicle; funiculus (the stalk of a plant ovule or seed)
petiolule (the stalk of a leaflet)
cane (a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane)
sporangiophore (stalk bearing one or more sporangia)
cutting; slip (a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting)
tuber (a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage)
rhizome; rootstalk; rootstock (a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure)
bole; tree trunk; trunk (the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber)
Meaning:
Cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
shank; stem
Hypernyms ("stem" is a kind of...):
cylinder (a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line)
Holonyms ("stem" is a part of...):
wineglass (a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served)
pin (a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things)
nail (a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener)
key (metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated)
grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)
anchor; ground tackle (a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving)
Meaning:
The tube of a tobacco pipe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stem" is a kind of...):
tube; tubing (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)
Holonyms ("stem" is a part of...):
pipe; tobacco pipe (a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco)
Meaning:
Front part of a vessel or aircraft
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fore; prow; bow; stem
Context example:
he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line
Hypernyms ("stem" is a kind of...):
front (the side that is seen or that goes first)
Holonyms ("stem" is a part of...):
vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)
Meaning:
A turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
stem turn; stem
Hypernyms ("stem" is a kind of...):
turn; turning (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course)
• STEM (verb)
Meaning:
Grow out of, have roots in, originate in
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The increase in the national debt stems from the last war
Hypernyms (to "stem" is one way to...):
originate in (come from)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to point inward
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
stem your skis
Hypernyms (to "stem" is one way to...):
orient (cause to point)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Stop the flow of a liquid
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
stanch; staunch; stem; halt
Context examples:
staunch the blood flow / them the tide
Hypernyms (to "stem" is one way to...):
check (arrest the motion (of something) abruptly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Remove the stem from
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed
Hypernyms (to "stem" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
