Stem
Definition of Stem
Pronunciation: stĕm | v. i. | 1. | To gleam. | | n. | 1. | A gleam of light; flame. | | 1. | The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top. | | 2. | A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry. | | 3. | The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. | | 4. | A branch of a family. | | 5. | (Naut.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow. | | 6. | Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout. | | 7. | Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached. | | 8. | (Bot.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean. | | 9. | (Zool.) The entire central axis of a feather. | | 10. | (Mus.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc. | | 11. | (Gram.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base. | | v. t. | 1. | To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves. | | 2. | To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole. | | 1. | To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current. | | v. i. | 1. | To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current. |
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