Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - stem
Stem
stem
1. n. & v. --n. 1 the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub, usu. rising into light, but occasionally subterranean. 2 the stalk supporting a fruit, flower, or leaf, and attaching it to a larger branch, twig, or stalk. 3 a stem-shaped part of an object: a the slender part of a wineglass between the body and the foot. b the tube of a tobacco-pipe. c a vertical stroke in a letter or musical note. d the winding-shaft of a watch. 4 Gram. the root or main part of a noun, verb, etc., to which inflections are added; the part that appears unchanged throughout the cases and derivatives of a noun, persons of a tense, etc. 5 Naut. the main upright timber or metal piece at the bow of a ship to which the ship's sides are joined at the fore end (from stem to stern). 6 a line of ancestry, branch of a family, etc. (descended from an ancient stem). 7 (in full drill stem) a rotating rod, cylinder, etc., used in drilling. --v. (stemmed, stemming) 1 intr. (foll. by from) spring or originate from (stems from a desire to win). 2 tr. remove the stem or stems from (fruit, tobacco, etc.). 3 tr. (of a vessel etc.) hold its own or make headway against (the tide etc.). Phrases and idioms stem cell Biol. an undifferentiated cell from which specialized cells develop. stem stitch an embroidery stitch used for narrow stems etc. stem-winder US a watch wound by turning a head on the end of a stem rather than by a key. Derivatives stemless adj. stemlet n. stemlike adj. stemmed adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE stemn, stefn f. Gmc, rel. to STAND 2. v. & n. --v. (stemmed, stemming) 1 tr. check or stop. 2 tr. dam up (a stream etc.). 3 intr. slide the tail of one ski or both skis outwards usu. in order to turn or slow down. --n. an act of stemming on skis. Phrases and idioms stem-turn a turn on skis made by stemming with one ski. Etymology: ON stemma f. Gmc: cf. STAMMER
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I. noun see: stand Date: before 12th century 1. the main trunk of a plant, a plant part (as a branch, petiole, or stipe) that supports another (as a leaf or fruit), the complete fruiting stalk of a banana plant with its bananas, 2. the main upright member at the bow of a ship, the bow or prow of a ship, a line of ancestry ; stock, the part of an inflected word that remains after the inflected part is removed , something held to resemble a plant ~: as, a main or heavy stroke of a letter, the short perpendicular line extending from the head of a musical note, the part of a tobacco pipe from the bowl outward, the cylindrical support of a piece of ~ware (as a goblet), a shaft of a watch used for winding, II. transitive verb (~med; ~ming) Etymology: Middle English (Scots) ~men to keep a course, from 1~ (of a ship) Date: 1593 to make headway against (as an adverse tide, current, or wind), to check or go counter to (something adverse), ~mer noun III. verb (~med; ~ming) Etymology: 1~ (of a plant) Date: 1724 transitive verb to remove the ~ from, to make ~s for (as artificial flowers), intransitive verb to occur or develop as a consequence ; have or trace an origin , see: spring ~mer noun IV. verb (~med; ~ming) Etymology: Middle English ~men to dam up, from Old Norse ~ma; akin to Middle High German ~men to dam up and probably to Lithuanian stumti to shove Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to stop or dam up (as a river), to stop or check by or as if by damming, to turn (a ski) in ~ming, intransitive verb to restrain or check oneself, to slide the heel of one ski or of both skis outward usually in making or preparing to make a turn, V. noun Date: 1700 check, dam, an act or instance of ~ming on skis ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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