stemming

verb

  1. 1

    To remove the stem from.

    to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves
  2. 2

    To be caused or derived; to originate.

    The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.
  3. 3

    To descend in a family line.

  4. 4

    To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.

  5. 5

    To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.

  6. 6

    To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).

    to stem a tide
  2. 2

    To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.

noun

  1. 1

    Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.

  2. 2

    A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.

  3. 3

    (by extension) To include a term's inflections as part of a search engine's search.

  4. 4

    The technique of bridging between two holds with hands and/or feet, applying forces to each in opposing directions in order to brace oneself in position.

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