from stem to stern Sentence Examples
- The ship was thoroughly inspected from stem to stern, ensuring its seaworthiness.
- The storm battered the vessel from stem to stern, leaving it battered and bruised.
- The cruise liner was outfitted with amenities from stem to stern, providing passengers with every comfort.
- The museum's collection covered maritime history from stem to stern, showcasing vessels of all shapes and sizes.
- The old sailboat had a charming rusticity, with its wooden hull aged from stem to stern.
- The luxurious yacht was designed with every detail in mind, from stem to stern.
- The cargo ship's hold was filled from stem to stern with vital supplies.
- The team of engineers worked tirelessly on the submarine, inspecting it from stem to stern.
- The captain surveyed his ship from stem to stern with a keen eye, ensuring it was ready for its voyage.
- The once-grand ship was now a rusting hulk, its splendor eroded from stem to stern.
from stem to stern Meaning
from stem to stern
the cylindrical support of a piece of stemware (such as a goblet), to slide the heel of one ski or of both skis outward usually in making or preparing to make a turn, something held to resemble a plant stem, a plant part (such as a branch, petiole, or stipe) that supports another (such as a leaf or fruit), the main trunk of a plant, a shaft of a watch used for winding, check, dam, to make a stem for (something, such as an artificial flower), root sense 6, the part of a tobacco pipe from the bowl outward, an act or instance of stemming on skis, to check or go counter to (something adverse), a primary plant axis that develops buds and shoots instead of roots, stanch, to remove the stem from, to become checked or stanched, the part of an inflected word that remains after the inflected part is removed, to stop or check by or as if by damming, the bow or prow of a ship compare stern, the short perpendicular line extending from the head of a musical note, the main upright member at the bow of a ship, to make headway against (something, such as an adverse tide, current, or wind), a main or heavy stroke of a letter, the complete fruiting stalk of a banana plant with its bananas, a fundamental line from which others have arisen, to stop or dam up (something, such as a river), a line of ancestry, to turn (a ski) in stemming, to restrain or check oneself, to occur or develop as a consequence
Synonyms & Antonyms of from stem to stern
FAQs About the word from stem to stern
the cylindrical support of a piece of stemware (such as a goblet), to slide the heel of one ski or of both skis outward usually in making or preparing to make a
completely, totally, systematically, through and through, inside out,thoroughly, fully, exhaustively, widely, intensively
superficially,randomly, narrowly, haphazardly, aimlessly, imperfectly, hit-or-miss, sketchily, desultorily, vaguely
The ship was thoroughly inspected from stem to stern, ensuring its seaworthiness.
The storm battered the vessel from stem to stern, leaving it battered and bruised.
The cruise liner was outfitted with amenities from stem to stern, providing passengers with every comfort.
The museum's collection covered maritime history from stem to stern, showcasing vessels of all shapes and sizes.
