stems

Noun

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
• a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
• cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
• the tube of a tobacco pipe
• front part of a vessel or aircraft
• a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
• plural of stem

Verb

• grow out of, have roots in, originate in
  • "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
• cause to point inward
• stop the flow of a liquid
• remove the stem from
• third-person singular simple present indicative of stem

Synonyms

base, bow, fore, halt, prow, radical, root, root word, shank, stalk, stanch, staunch, stem, stem turn, theme