Meaning

9 senses
  1. To remove the stem from.

    to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves

    entstielen

    отделя́ть

    remove the stem from

  2. To be caused or derived; to originate.

    The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.

    kommen von, herrühren von, sich begründen auf

    происходи́тьproisxodítʹ, произойти́proizojtí

  3. To descend in a family line.

    stammen, abstammen, herstammen

    происходи́тьproisxodítʹ, произойти́proizojtí

  4. To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.

  5. To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.

  6. (transitive)To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).

    to stem a tide

    aufhalten, hemmen, entgegenstemmen

    проти́витьсяprotívitʹsja, заде́рживатьzadérživatʹ, ока́зывать сопротивле́ниеokázyvatʹ soprotivlénije

  7. 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.

    im Schneepflug fahren, ausstemmen

    тормози́ть "плу́гом"tormozítʹ "plúgom"

  8. To use a stance with the feet spread apart, bracing them in opposite directions against the two walls of a chimney or dihedral.

  9. (obsolete)To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.

Examples

102 sentences
  1. Roses have thorns on their stems.

    На стеблах троянд є колючки. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruУ розы есть шипы на стебле. — Balamax

  2. What's a stem cell?

    ruЧто такое стволовая клетка? — marafon

    deWas ist eine Stammzelle? — Luiaard

  3. Tom bought Mary three long-stemmed roses.

  4. Tom poured wine into three long-stemmed glasses.

  5. Tom bought three long-stemmed roses for Mary.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
to remove the stem from:
to be caused or derived:
to stop, hinder:
skiing: to point the skis inward:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to remove the stem from:
to be caused or derived:
to descend in a family line:
to stop, hinder:
skiing: to point the skis inward:

Origin

From Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn (“stem”), from P

From Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn (“stem”), from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz (“stem, tree stalk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”).

From Middle English stemmen, a borrowing from Old Norse stemma (“to stop, stem, dam”) (whence Danish stemme/stæmme (“to stem, dam up”)), from Proto-Germanic *stammijaną. Cognate with German stemmen, Middle Dutch stemmen, stempen. Compare stammer.

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Forms

stems, stemming, stemmed, stemmed
Base formstem · to stem
3rd person singularstems
Present participlestemming
Past simplestemmed
Past participlestemmed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystem
he, she, itstems

Past simpleLesson

all personsstemmed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stem

Synonyms

5 synonyms
to originate, spring:to be due toto arise from
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

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