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v. arise, come from, originate; remove the stem from; stop, check, dam up; restrain, hold back

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Noun
1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
(synonym) root, root word, base, theme, radical
(hypernym) form, word form, signifier, descriptor
(classification) linguistics
2. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
(synonym) stalk
(hypernym) plant organ
(hyponym) gynophore
(part-meronym) internode
3. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
(synonym) shank
(hypernym) cylinder
(part-holonym) anchor, ground tackle
4. the tube of a tobacco pipe
(hypernym) tube, tubing
(part-holonym) pipe, tobacco pipe
5. front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
(synonym) bow, fore, prow
(hypernym) front
(part-holonym) vessel, watercraft
6. a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
(synonym) stem turn
(hypernym) turn, turning

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Verb
1. grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
(hypernym) originate in
(derivation) root, root word, base, theme, radical
2. cause to point inward; "stem your skis"
(hypernym) orient
(derivation) stem turn
3. stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide"
(synonym) stanch, staunch, halt
(hypernym) check
4. remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(derivation) stemmer, stemming algorithm

n. voting, vote, polling, tuning, tune, tone, key, mood, cheer, temper, sentiment, frame of mind, state, humour, humor, vein, tendency, ethos

v. zarazit; zastavit; pramenit z čeho