Definitions for stem

((linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem")

(a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)

(cylinder forming a long narrow part of something)

(the tube of a tobacco pipe)

(front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line")

(a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it)

(grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war")

(cause to point inward; "stem your skis")

(stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide")

(remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed")