stem
Signification (English)
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- The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
- A branch of a family.
- A branch of a family.
- An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
- The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
- A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
- A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
- The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
- (slang) A person's leg.
- (slang) The penis.
- A vertical stroke of a letter.
- A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
- A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.
- The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
- A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.
- A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
- (slang) A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.
- A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism.
Concepts
stem
faire le chasse-neige
de maïs
découler de
provenir de
Synonyms
tree-trunk
dam up
stem turn
enter upon
impugn
flow from
rid of
bourgeon
counter to
date from
flower stalk
force back
underlying stem
root of a word
physical body
human body
skeletal frame
with the stalk
burgeon forth
human foot
invertebrate foot
fore-body
truncated word
plant-stem
be due
ensue
extirpate
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/stɛm/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”).
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