stem

nouns

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
"thematic vowels are part of the stem"
base, radical, root, root word, stem, theme
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
stalk, stem
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
shank, stem
the tube of a tobacco pipe
stem
is a part of
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
pipe, tobacco pipe
is a type of (narrower)
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
tube, tubing
front part of a vessel or aircraft
"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
bow, fore, prow, stem
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
stem, stem turn

verbs

grow out of, have roots in, originate in
"The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
stem
is a type of (narrower)
come from
originate in
cause to point inward
"stem your skis"
stem
is a type of (narrower)
cause to point
"Orient the house towards the West"
orient
stop the flow of a liquid
"staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
halt, stanch, staunch, stem
remove the stem from
"for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
stem
is derived from
stemmer
is a type of (narrower)
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
"remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
remove, take, take away, withdraw