Overview of verb stem

The verb stem has 4 senses

• stem -- (grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war")


• stem -- (cause to point inward; "stem your skis")


• stem, stanch, staunch, halt -- (stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide")


• stem -- (remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed")

Overview of adj stemmed

The adj stemmed has 3 senses

• stemmed -- (having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination; "stemmed goblets"; "long-stemmed roses")


• caulescent, cauline, stemmed -- ((of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground)


• stemmed -- (having the stem removed; "stemmed berries")