stem1 
(st
m) See the pronunciation key
NOUN:
stemmed, stem·ming, stems
VERB:
intr.
tr.
IDIOM:
from stem to stern
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English stefn, stemn; see st
- in Indo-European roots
SYNONYMS:
stem1, arise, derive, emanate, flow, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring
These verbs mean to come forth or come into being: customs that stem from the past; misery that arose from war; rights that derive from citizenship; disapproval that emanated from the teacher; happiness that flows from their friendship; prejudice that issues from fear; a proposal that originated in the Congress; a mistake that proceeded from carelessness; rebellion that rises in the provinces; new industries that spring up.
(st
m) See the pronunciation key NOUN:
- 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.
- A connecting or supporting part, especially:
- 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.
- Music The vertical line extending from the head of a note.
- The main line of descent of a family.
- Linguistics The main part of a word to which affixes are added.
- Nautical The curved upright beam at the fore of a vessel into which the hull timbers are scarfed to form the prow.
- The tubular glass structure mounting the filament or electrodes in an incandescent bulb or vacuum tube.
stemmed, stem·ming, stems
VERB:
intr.
- To have or take origin or descent.
tr.
- To remove the stem of.
- To provide with a stem.
- To make headway against: managed to stem the rebellion.
IDIOM:
from stem to stern
- From one end to another.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English stefn, stemn; see st
- in Indo-European rootsSYNONYMS:
stem1, arise, derive, emanate, flow, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring
These verbs mean to come forth or come into being: customs that stem from the past; misery that arose from war; rights that derive from citizenship; disapproval that emanated from the teacher; happiness that flows from their friendship; prejudice that issues from fear; a proposal that originated in the Congress; a mistake that proceeded from carelessness; rebellion that rises in the provinces; new industries that spring up.
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