(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; thematic vowels are part of the stem

[ Syn: root , root word , base , theme , radical ]

a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

[ Syn: stalk ]

cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

[ Syn: shank ]

the tube of a tobacco pipe

front part of a vessel or aircraft; he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line

[ Syn: bow , fore , prow ]

a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

[ Syn: stem turn ]

grow out of, have roots in, originate in; The increase in the national debt stems from the last war'

cause to point inward; stem your skis'

stop the flow of a liquid; staunch the blood flow; stem the tide

[ Syn: stanch , staunch , halt ]

remove the stem from; for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed'