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Stemmed

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.

[They] stem the flood with their erected breasts.
--Denham.

Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age.
--Pope.

Wiktionary
stemmed

  1. Having a stem. v

  2. (en-past of: stem)

WordNet
stemmed

  1. adj. 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"

stem

  1. v. 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"

  5. [also: stemming, stemmed]

stem

  1. n. (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]

  7. [also: stemming, stemmed]

stemmed

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Usage examples of "stemmed".

There are four wild varieties of the Centaury, square stemmed, and each bearing flat tufts of flowers which are more or less rose coloured.

In common phrase it is known by such names as Large, Tall, Saplin or Sapling, Giant, Meadow, Perennial Red, Red Perennial Meadow, Pea Vine, Zigzag, Wavy Stemmed, Soiling, and Cow clover or Cow grass.

Thereafter the black tide out of the North was stemmed in that region, and the Orcs dared not cross the Teiglin for many years after.