'stem' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'stem' with 10 example sentences.
- stem noun
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: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
: the tube of a tobacco pipe
: front part of a vessel or aircraft
: a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
- stem verb
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: grow out of, have roots in, originate in
: cause to point inward
: stop the flow of a liquid
: remove the stem from
Roses have thorns on their stems.
What's a stem cell?
Cosmetic stem cell therapy is in the early stages of development.
Such trouble stems from carelessness.
The flower has a long stem.
Remove the pips and stem.
Which schools stem from Buddhist thought?
From what stems this contradiction between our hopes and our reality?
Scientists are fighting to stem the spread of the AIDS virus.
The accident stemmed from her negligence.