stem — meaning in English

English meaning

• stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.

Senses

stem is used for these senses in English:

• STEM (uncountable, education) Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
• stem (nautical, precisely) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.

stem — full definition

1. noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
2. noun A slender supporting part of an object, such as a wine glass or tobacco pipe.
3. noun The base form of a word to which endings are added.
4. verb To originate or arise from something.
5. verb To stop or hold back the flow or spread of something.

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