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Synonyms for stem
stɛmstem
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
root, root word, base, stem, theme, radicalnoun
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
"thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Synonyms:
al-Qaeda, idea, groundwork, al-Qaida, ascendent, base, substructure, composition, paper, fundament, motif, prow, theme, ascendant, basis, group, understructure, shank, stalk, nucleotide, report, foundation, etymon, radical, root, subject, floor, bow, fore, topic, free radical, melodic theme, source, ancestor, foot, antecedent, musical theme, infrastructure, alkali, cornerstone, origin, pedestal, home, rootage, tooth root, base of operations, radix, root word, stand, stem turn, solution, beginning, chemical group, al-Qa'ida, bagstalk, stemnoun
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
Synonyms:
shank, straw, bow, radical, still hunt, stem turn, stalk, shuck, chaff, base, theme, husk, angry walk, root, stalking, fore, prow, stubble, root wordshank, stemnoun
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
Synonyms:
bow, root, theme, stalk, root word, stem turn, cannon, waist, base, shank, fore, radical, prowstemnoun
the tube of a tobacco pipe
Synonyms:
root, theme, stalk, root word, stem turn, bow, base, shank, fore, radical, prowbow, fore, prow, stemnoun
front part of a vessel or aircraft
"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
Synonyms:
curtain call, arc, bow, bowing, radical, fore, stem turn, stalk, base, obeisance, bowknot, prow, root, theme, shank, root wordstem turn, stemverb
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
Synonyms:
root, theme, stalk, root word, stem turn, bow, base, shank, fore, radical, prowstemverb
grow out of, have roots in, originate in
"The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
stemverb
cause to point inward
"stem your skis"
stem, stanch, staunch, haltverb
stop the flow of a liquid
"staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
Synonyms:
stop, block, kibosh, halt, stanch, staunch, arrest, holdstemverb
remove the stem from
"for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
stemnoun
Synonyms:
trunk (of a tree), main stockstemnoun
stemnoun
stemnoun
stemnoun
stemverb
Synonyms:
oppose (as a current), resist, breast, withstand, bear up against, make head againststemverb
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#33 | home | |
#181 | group | |
#224 | report | |
#259 | subject | |
#419 | source | |
#524 | topic | |
#577 | paper | |
#988 | base | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1091 | solution | |
#1234 | idea | |
#1250 | foundation | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1361 | basis | |
#1430 | mother | |
#1533 | floor | |
#1662 | block | |
#1674 | beginning | |
#1778 | stand | |
#1955 | root | |
#1995 | bag | |
#2008 | foot | |
#2012 | breast | |
#2168 | theme | |
#2507 | dry | |
#2518 | origin | |
#2700 | contain | |
#2738 | infrastructure | |
#3071 | pin | |
#4365 | composition | |
#5043 | rod | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5327 | arc | |
#5725 | trunk | |
#5836 | stem | |
#6335 | bow | |
#6612 | strain | |
#6963 | radical | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#9599 | cannon | |
#10050 | waist | |
#10566 | strains | |
#11663 | straw | |
#12242 | oppose | |
#12551 | curb | |
#12755 | nucleotide | |
#12970 | stems | |
#13930 | motif | |
#13959 | halt | |
#15073 | cornerstone | |
#15813 | fore | |
#15901 | gan | |
#16623 | spindle | |
#17250 | confront | |
#17489 | pedestal | |
#17599 | ancestor | |
#19121 | withstand | |
#19540 | isolates | |
#19854 | embryonic | |
#22438 | shank | |
#25423 | stalking | |
#27286 | stalk | |
#27524 | groundwork | |
#29136 | ascendant | |
#32791 | alkali | |
#38633 | radix | |
#39730 | obstruct | |
#42329 | bowing | |
#44372 | staunch | |
#44502 | antecedent | |
#45196 | splint | |
#53188 | husk | |
#53686 | chaff | |
#53959 | stubble | |
#59246 | substructure | |
#76016 | bole | |
#80930 | prow | |
#91387 | shuck | |
#121705 | obeisance | |
#122751 | peduncle | |
#156396 | fundament | |
#168231 | ascendent | |
#192881 | stanch | |
#229254 | kibosh |
How to use stem in a sentence?
While researchers have used embryonic stem cell derived cells to treat age-related macular degeneration, (the RIKEN study) is the first study that used induced pluripotent stem cells.
Any response to extremist violence must be targeted, proportionate and legal, military campaigns, financial sanctions and attempts to staunch the inflow of weapons ... may be part of the solution. But other actions are needed to stem the root causes that feed into these conflicts.
He observed that the simplest place to get some stem cells is really from the fat, most of us could give some fat up, and those stem cells don't have to be programmed in any way, but if you put in the right environment, they will naturally turn into what the cell type around them is.
It’s a mutually beneficial program that brings experienced foreign teachers with specialized training and education into American classrooms, u.S. children receive bilingual teaching experiences, learn about other cultures and countries, and benefit from the teachers ’ expertise in areas such as special education, STEM education and foreign language.
What The President made clear today is The President is going to stand firm to achieve The President priorities to build a wall, a steel barrier on the southern border, add additional personnel, additional resources, additional reforms to stem the crisis that we face on our southern border.
Translations for stem
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- kmen, pocházetCzech
- stævnDanish
- Vorsteven, Notenhals, Wortstamm, Stängel, Stamm, Stiel, Vordersteven, abstammen, herrühren, hemmen, stammen, kommen, aufhaltenGerman
- κοτσάνι, θέμα, μίσχος, σταματώGreek
- tallo, raíz, arrancar, venir, proceder, descenderSpanish
- ساقه, ستاکPersian
- runko, varsi, vartalo, lehtiruoti, kukkavana, kokkapuu, jalka, kukkavarsi, steevi, vana, keulavannas, kanta, pystyviiva, periytyä, aurata, johtua, seisauttaa, polveutua, aiheutua, tyrehdyttää, olla peräisin, padotaFinnish
- stevniFaroese
- radical, tige, racine, étrave, découler, équeuter, arrêter, provenir, résulterFrench
- גִּבְעוֹלHebrew
- törzs, szótő, szár, tő, igető, származik, megakaszt, szártalanít, leállít, fékez, ered, meggátol, szárától megfoszt, elállítHungarian
- ցողունArmenian
- stefniIcelandic
- prua, stelo, ceppo, asta, radicale, picciolo, tronco, peduncolo, radice, gambo, fusto, gamba, tema, discendere, derivare, arrestareItalian
- 幹, 柄, 軸, 語幹, 茎, シュテム, 発端とする, 堰止める, ステムJapanese
- stiebasLithuanian
- stiebrs, stumbrsLatvian
- tātā, tā, tōtōMāori
- основа, дршка, страк, стебло, потекнуваMacedonian
- stengel, forårsakeNorwegian
- steel, stam, grondwoord, voorsteven, stengel, hinderen, stelpen, stoppenDutch
- framstamn, stengelNorwegian Nynorsk
- temat, rdzeń, wywodzić się, tamowaćPolish
- raiz, caule, originar, descender, derivar, hastePortuguese
- trunchi, peduncul, picior, coadă, tulpinăRomanian
- ножка, стержень, цветоножка, форштевень, стебель, черенок, нос, ствол, основа, плодоножка, происходить, препятствовать, задерживать, произойти, оказывать сопротивление, отделять, противиться, тормозить плугомRussian
- prova, stonka, koreň, steblo, pochádzať, byť zapríčinený, koreniť, byť sposobenýSlovak
- notskaft, stäv, stjälk, stam, förstäv, ordstam, stämma, ta, hejda, härstamma, ploga, härröra, dämma, ut, hindra, härleda, stoppaSwedish
- shinaSwahili
- ก้าน, ก้านดอกThai
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