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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stem \Stem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Stemming}.] [Either from stem, n., or akin to stammer; cf.
     G. stemmen to press against.]
     To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to
     resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow
     of, as a current. "An argosy to stem the waves." --Shak.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           [They] stem the flood with their erected breasts.
                                                    --Denham.
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           Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stem
       n 1: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are
            removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: {root},
             {root word}, {base}, {theme}, {radical}]
       2: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or
          fungus or a plant part or plant organ [syn: {stalk}]
       3: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something [syn: {shank}]
       4: the tube of a tobacco pipe
       5: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of
          the boat toward the finish line" [syn: {bow}, {fore}, {prow}]
       6: a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward
          and the other ski is brought parallel to it [syn: {stem
          turn}]
       v 1: grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in
            the national debt stems from the last war"
       2: cause to point inward; "stem your skis"
       3: stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them
          the tide" [syn: {stanch}, {staunch}, {halt}]
       4: remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language
          processing, the words must be stemmed"
       [also: {stemming}, {stemmed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stemmed
       adj 1: having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often
              used in combination; "stemmed goblets"; "long-stemmed
              roses" [ant: {stemless}]
       2: producing a well-developed stem above ground [syn: {caulescent},
           {cauline}] [ant: {acaulescent}]
       3: having the stem removed; "stemmed berries"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stemmed
       See {stem}

















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