Canadian English Meaning of stems

stems

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Definitions and Meaning of stems in English

stems

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

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stems

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

delays,stops,blocks,concludes,ends,halts,blockades,breaks,breaks off,breaks up

proceeds,advancements,carries on,continues,progresses,runs on,drives,follows through (with),keeps in touch,stirs

stemming => Stemming, steers => steers, steering clear of => Steering clear of, steered clear of => Avoided, steered => steered,