stem
Pronunciation
[change]Noun
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- A stem is a long, thin thing joining parts of a plant.
- Put the stems of the flowers in this cup of water.
- A stem is a narrow part of certain man-made objects, such as a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
Verb
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- If you stem soemthing, you remove the stem from it.
- to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves
- If a problem stems from an action, it is caused by or originates from the action.
- The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.