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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'stem'
1. (noun) root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed Synonyms: al-Qaeda idea groundwork al-Qaida ascendent base substructure composition paper fundament motif prow theme ascendant basis group understructure shank stalk nucleotide report foundation etymon radical root subject floor bow , fore topic free radical melodic theme , source ancestor foot antecedent musical theme infrastructure alkali cornerstone origin pedestal home rootage tooth root stem base of operations radix root word stand stem turn solution beginning chemical group al-Qa'ida bag
2. (noun) stalk, stem
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ Synonyms: shank straw bow , radical still hunt stem turn stalk shuck chaff base theme husk stem angry walk , root stalking fore prow stubble root word 3. (noun) shank, stem
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something Synonyms: bow , root theme stalk root word stem turn cannon waist base shank fore radical prow stem 4. (noun) stem
the tube of a tobacco pipe Synonyms: root theme stalk root word stem turn bow , base shank fore radical prow 5. (noun) bow, fore, prow, stem
front part of a vessel or aircraft Synonyms: curtain call arc , bow , bowing radical fore stem turn stalk base obeisance bowknot stem prow root theme shank root word 6. (verb) stem turn, stem
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it Synonyms: root theme stalk root word stem turn bow , base shank fore , radical , prow , stem 7. (verb) stem
grow out of, have roots in, originate in Synonyms: halt stanch staunch 8. (verb) stem
cause to point inward Synonyms: halt stanch staunch 9. (verb) stem, stanch, staunch, halt
stop the flow of a liquid Synonyms: stop block kibosh halt stanch staunch arrest hold stem 10. (verb) stem
remove the stem from Synonyms: halt stanch staunch
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