Definitions for stemmed

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IPA: /stɛmd/

Stemmed is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in stemmed (deemmst).

Definitions for stemmed

noun

1. the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
2. the stalk that supports a leaf, flower, or fruit.
3. the main body of that portion of a tree, shrub, or other plant which is above ground; trunk; stalk.
4. a cut flower:
5. a petiole; peduncle; pedicel.
6. a stalk of bananas.
7. something resembling or suggesting a leaf or flower stalk.
8. a long, slender part:
9. the slender, vertical part of a goblet, wineglass, etc., between the bowl and the base.
10. Informal. a drinking glass having a stem.
11. the handle of a spoon.
12. a projection from the rim of a watch, having on its end a knob for winding the watch.
13. the circular rod in some locks about which the key fits and rotates.
14. the rod or spindle by which a valve is operated from outside.
15. the stock or line of descent of a family; ancestry or pedigree.
16. Grammar. the underlying form, often consisting of a root plus an affix, to which the inflectional endings of a word are added, as tend-, the stem in Latin tendere “to stretch,” the root of which is ten-. Compare base1 (def 18), theme (def 5).
17. Music. the vertical line forming part of a note.
18. stems, Slang. the legs of a human being.
19. the main or relatively thick stroke of a letter in printing.
20. Skiing. the act or instance of a skier pushing the heel of one or both skis outward so that the heels are far apart, as in making certain turns or slowing down.

adjective

1. having a stem or a specified kind of stem (often used in combination):
2. having the stem or stems removed:

verb (used with object)

1. to remove the stem from (a leaf, fruit, etc.):
2. to stop, check, or restrain.
3. to dam up; stop the flow of (a stream, river, or the like).
4. to tamp, plug, or make tight, as a hole or joint.
5. Skiing. to maneuver (a ski or skis) in executing a stem.
6. to stanch (bleeding).
7. to make headway against (a tide, current, gale, etc.).
8. to make progress against (any opposition).
9. to arrange the loading of (a merchant vessel) within a specified time.

verb (used without object)

1. to arise or originate:
2. Skiing. to execute a stem.

Origin of stemmed

First recorded in 1570-80; stem¹ + -ed²

Examples for stemmed

She stemmed the flood of his protestations with a hand on his arm.

Miller hypothesized that the attack on the Hahns could have stemmed from a confrontation about the investigation.

I know much of that stemmed from it having a tiny staff with ambitious goals.

The popular feeling was so strong that Pitt could not have stemmed it if he would.

It was contentment, and it stemmed from the basic emotion love.

He said on Libyan television that the arrest also stemmed from a fraud inquiry launched in June.

She stemmed both hands on it as if finding the support necessary.

My take was that it seemed like more of a clever plot twist than something that stemmed from character—yours in particular.

She stemmed and stemmed until her hands were sticky and her fingers ached.

The “urban camper” aesthetic which is “cozy and cool,” as Taylor described, stemmed from her mix media paintings.