Meaning

2 senses

  1. To force back against the current.

  2. To stem, or move against.

    to restem a current

Origin

From re- + stem.

From re- + stem.

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Forms

restems, restemming, restemmed, restemmed
Base formrestem · to restem
3rd person singularrestems
Present participlerestemming
Past simplerestemmed
Past participlerestemmed

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrestem
he, she, itrestems

Past simpleLesson

all personsrestemmed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave restemmed
he, she, ithas restemmed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill restem

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
restartrestaterestaurantA1restaurateurrestfulrestlessrestlesslyrestock

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