stems

noun

a turn made in skiing

front part of a vessel or aircraft

the tube of a tobacco pipe

cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

verb

remove the stem from

stop the flow of a liquid

cause to point inward

grow out of, have roots in, originate in

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