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stem noun

  /stɛm/
  • A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
vartalo, runko, varsi, haara, kukkavana, kukkavarsi
  • (nautical) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
kokkapuu, steevi, keulavannas
  • A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
jalka, varsi
  • An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
johto
  • (typography) A vertical stroke of a letter.
kirjainrunko, pystyviiva
  • (cycling) A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.
ohjainkannatin
  • (music) A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
varsi

stem verb

  /stɛm/
  • (skiing) 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.
aurata
  • (transitive) To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
padota, seisauttaa, tyrehdyttää

stem verb

  /stɛm/
  • To be caused or derived; to originate.
periytyä, aiheutua, johtua, olla peräisin
  • To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
ohjata kohti (jotakin)
  • To remove the stem from.
poistaa varsi
  • To descend in a family line.
polveutua
  • (obsolete) To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
puskea
  • To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
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STEM noun

  • (uncountable) Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
luma

stemming noun

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