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qurm — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • base noun The lowest part of something, on which it stands or rests; a foundation.
  • log noun A section of a tree trunk, especially one cleared of branches, used for timber or fuel.
  • stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
  • stemming noun A technique in computing and search engines that reduces words to their base or root form.
  • stocks noun A historical wooden device with holes for the hands and feet, used to publicly restrain and punish offenders.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
  • tribal adj Relating to, or organized around, a tribe or tribes.
  • trunk verb To cut something short or reduce it drastically.

Senses

qurm is used for these senses in English:

  • base (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
  • bole The trunk or stem of a tree.
  • frustum A cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base.
  • stem To remove the stem from.
  • stemming A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
  • stocks (plurale tantum) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
  • strain (biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
  • tree trunk (botany) The main structural member of a tree.

base — full definition

  1. noun The lowest part of something, on which it stands or rests; a foundation.
  2. noun A place used as the main point of operations for a person, group, or military force.
  3. verb To use something as a starting point or foundation for a decision, argument, or story.
  4. adjective Morally low; without honour or decency.

log — full definition

  1. noun A section of a tree trunk, especially one cleared of branches, used for timber or fuel.
  2. noun A written record of events, especially a ship's or aircraft's progress, or of computer activity.
  3. verb To cut down trees, especially commercially.
  4. verb To record something in writing or in a system.

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