stem
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1. a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | turn, turning, |
| definition | : | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course (noun.act) |
2. front part of a vessel or aircraft (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | front, |
| definition | : | the side that is seen or that goes first (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | vessel, watercraft, |
| definition | : | a craft designed for water transportation (noun.artifact) |
3. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | cylinder, |
| definition | : | a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line (noun.shape) |
| part meronym | : | anchor, ground tackle, |
| definition | : | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | grip, handgrip, handle, hold, |
| definition | : | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | key, |
| definition | : | metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | nail, |
| definition | : | a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | pin, |
| definition | : | a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | wineglass, |
| definition | : | a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served (noun.artifact) |
4. the tube of a tobacco pipe (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | tube, tubing, |
| definition | : | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | pipe, tobacco pipe, |
| definition | : | a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco (noun.artifact) |
5. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | descriptor, form, signifier, word form, |
| definition | : | the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | linguistics, |
| definition | : | the scientific study of language (noun.cognition) |
6. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | plant organ, |
| definition | : | a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gynophore, |
| definition | : | the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | carpophore, |
| definition | : | a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | filament, |
| definition | : | the stalk of a stamen (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | funicle, funiculus, |
| definition | : | the stalk of a plant ovule or seed (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | petiolule, |
| definition | : | the stalk of a leaflet (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cane, |
| definition | : | a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sporangiophore, |
| definition | : | stalk bearing one or more sporangia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cutting, slip, |
| definition | : | a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | tuber, |
| definition | : | a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | rhizome, rootstalk, rootstock, |
| definition | : | a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | axis, |
| definition | : | the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | caudex, |
| definition | : | woody stem of palms and tree ferns (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | beanstalk, |
| definition | : | stem of a bean plant (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | caudex, stock, |
| definition | : | persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | stipe, |
| definition | : | supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | flower stalk, scape, |
| definition | : | erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | leafstalk, petiole, |
| definition | : | the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bulb, |
| definition | : | a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | corm, |
| definition | : | solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | branch, |
| definition | : | a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | culm, |
| definition | : | stem of plants of the Gramineae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | halm, haulm, |
| definition | : | stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bole, tree trunk, trunk, |
| definition | : | the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | internode, |
| definition | : | a segment of a stem between two nodes (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | receptacle, |
| definition | : | enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | leaf node, node, |
| definition | : | (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge (noun.plant) |
7. remove the stem from (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | remove, take, take away, withdraw, |
| definition | : | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract (verb.change) |
8. stop the flow of a liquid (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | check, |
| definition | : | arrest the motion (of something) abruptly (verb.change) |
9. grow out of, have roots in, originate in (verb.stative)
10. cause to point inward (verb.stative)
| hypernym | : | orient, |
| definition | : | cause to point (verb.stative) |
11. a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it (noun.act)
| derivation | : | stem, |
| definition | : | cause to point inward (verb.stative) |
12. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | stem, |
| definition | : | remove the stem from (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | stem, |
| definition | : | grow out of, have roots in, originate in (verb.stative) |
13. remove the stem from (verb.change)
| derivation | : | stemmer, stemming algorithm, |
| definition | : | an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem (noun.cognition) |
14. stop the flow of a liquid (verb.change)
| derivation | : | halt, stop, |
| definition | : | the event of something ending (noun.event) |
15. grow out of, have roots in, originate in (verb.stative)
16. cause to point inward (verb.stative)
| derivation | : | stem, stem turn, |
| definition | : | a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it (noun.act) |
17. a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it (noun.act)
| derivation | : | stem, |
| definition | : | cause to point inward (verb.stative) |
18. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | stem, |
| definition | : | remove the stem from (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | stem, |
| definition | : | grow out of, have roots in, originate in (verb.stative) |
19. remove the stem from (verb.change)
| derivation | : | stemmer, stemming algorithm, |
| definition | : | an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem (noun.cognition) |
20. stop the flow of a liquid (verb.change)
| derivation | : | halt, stop, |
| definition | : | the event of something ending (noun.event) |
21. grow out of, have roots in, originate in (verb.stative)
22. cause to point inward (verb.stative)
| derivation | : | stem, stem turn, |
| definition | : | a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it (noun.act) |
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