stem
noun
/stɛm/
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- 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.
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gambo,
stelo,
radice,
tema,
ceppo,
fusto
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- A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
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gambo,
stelo
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- (nautical) The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
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dritto di prua,
ruota di prua,
tagliamare
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- (music) A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
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asta,
gamba
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- An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
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vertice
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stem
verb
/stɛm/
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- (transitive) To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
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arrestare,
tamponare
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stem
verb
/stɛm/
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- To descend in a family line.
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discendere
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- To be caused or derived; to originate.
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derivare
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stemming
noun
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- A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
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fusto
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