stems in English

noun

1

the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub, typically rising above ground but occasionally subterranean.

Both the blue and the yellow have the classic, satiny translucent petals of the poppy tribe, both, characteristically, are held on wiry stems above the parent plant.

synonyms: stalk, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine

2

a long and thin supportive or main section of something.

the main stem of the wing feathers

3

the root or main part of a noun, adjective, or other word, to which inflections or formative elements are added.

This is a scientific term derived by making an English plural from octopod, which is the bare stem of the Greek word, not its singular.

4

the main upright timber or metal piece at the bow of a ship, to which the ship's sides are joined.

Experts who have been diving to the wreck off Portsmouth for the last month have excavated a five-metre-long piece of wood which they believe is the front stem of the ship's keel.

5

a pipe used for smoking crack or opium.

verb

1

originate in or be caused by.

many of the universities' problems stem from rapid expansion

2

remove the stems from (fruit or tobacco leaves).

They will love making thumbprints in the cookies but might have trouble sitting still for less glamorous tasks like stemming cherry tomatoes.

3

(of a boat) make headway against (the tide or current).

But he, like Canute, will not stem the spring tide

4

stop or restrict (the flow of something).

a nurse did her best to stem the bleeding

synonyms: staunch, stop, halt, check, hold back, restrict, control, contain, curb, block, dam, slow, lessen, reduce, diminish, stanch, stay

5

slide the tail of one ski or both skis outward in order to turn or slow down.

noun

stalk, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine
theme, root, root word, base, radical
fore, prow, bow
stem turn
stalk
shank

verb

staunch, stanch
staunch, stop, halt, check, hold back, restrict, control, contain, curb, block, dam, slow, lessen, reduce, diminish, stanch, stay
stanch, halt, staunch

Use "stems" in a sentence

1. Angelica (leaves and stems)

2. Fearlessness stems from selflessness.

3. Trim the stems back carefully.

4. Stems pendulous, terete, many-noded.

5. Crisscross stems while Arranging your flowers.

6. Currants like to grow on older stems, so remove many of those new stems, leaving your base plant

7. In part, this stems from history.

8. The plant has long pliable stems.

9. Woody – hard textured stems with secondary xylem.

10. Their opposition stems from fear and ignorance.

11. They are borne on long, wiry stems.

12. Ensure good air circulation around Clematis stems

13. Abandonment fear often stems from childhood loss

14. Appearance of the stems due to Cankering

15. Unlike great Burdock, the stems are hollow

16. And the impact stems well beyond Argali

17. Secondly, you dry the water hyacinth stems.

18. These straggly stems should be pruned off.

19. Description: Evergreen, ligneous, large lianas; stems twisted.

20. The long stems are thin and branched.

21. Northern Bedstraw is a native perennial forb, growing or erect stems, up to 3-1/2 foot high; stems can have many branches within the inflorescence and the root stocks can send up multiple stems

22. Many impressionistic painters'inspiration stems from the brilliant sunshine.

23. Particular Cacti have specific features on their stems

24. Bryophytes: Bryophytes have no roots, leaves or stems

25. Bulbous shapes on the end of naked stems.

26. Layer flexible stems of ramblers and shrub roses.

27. 7 Cut the flower stems on the slant.

28. Small flowers with long stems and pointy leaves.

29. Bluish-green heart-shaped leaves on reddish stems.

30. The Adessive ending is added directly to these stems.

31. Angiosperms are vascular plants with stems, roots, and leaves

32. The need for Acknowledgement stems from another need itself

33. Others suggest that Putin’s aloofness stems from Kremlin infighting.

34. You don't put the broccoli stems in the blender.

35. Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems.

36. Many of the tomatoes had rotted on their stems.

37. 3 Layer flexible stems of ramblers and shrub roses.

38. The bleak outlook stems from a confluence of factors.

39. These straggly stems should be pruned off the bush.

40. At the word level, stems and their affixes are Bracketed …

41. The video collection mainly stems from American and French stocks.

42. Roots develop in abundance at the nodes on the stems.

43. That fault, too, stems from the very nature of aerial

44. Both stems and leaves are covered by a white powder.

45. " Monumental Pictures enthusiastic over Lina's singing pipes and dancing stems. "

46. • Perfoliate Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata) - Leaves are pierced by the stems.

47. The term Adnexa stems from a Latin word meaning appendages

48. Next, rinse the Artichokes and and trim off the stems

49. There are thousands of species whose stems have economic uses.

50. It is easy to detach the currants from the stems.