Stemming

To remove the stem from.

"to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves"

To be caused or derived; to originate.

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

To descend in a family line.

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

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

"to stem a tide"

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.

Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.

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

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

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.