stem

/stɛm/ · noun

Meaning

The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
A branch of a family.
An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
To remove the stem from.
To be caused or derived; to originate.
To descend in a family line.
To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
A gleam of light; a flame.
Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
An electron microscope that transmits a very narrow beam of electrons through a sample; it can detect individual large or heavy atoms.

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