Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stem

4 senses of stem

Sense 1
stem -- (grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war")
       => originate in -- (come from)

Sense 2
stem -- (cause to point inward; "stem your skis")
       => orient -- (cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West")

Sense 3
stem, stanch, staunch, halt -- (stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide")
       => check -- (arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; "He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve")

Sense 4
stem -- (remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (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")

Antonyms of adj stemmed

3 senses of stemmed

Sense 1
stemmed (vs. stemless) -- (having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination; "stemmed goblets"; "long-stemmed roses")

stemless (vs. stemmed) -- (not having a stem; "stemless glassware")
        => stemmed -- (having the stem removed; "stemmed berries")

Sense 2
caulescent (vs. acaulescent), cauline, stemmed -- ((of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground)


Sense 3
stemmed -- (having the stem removed; "stemmed berries")

INDIRECT (VIA stemless) -> stemmed -- (having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination; "stemmed goblets"; "long-stemmed roses")

Similarity of adj stemmed

3 senses of stemmed

Sense 1
stemmed (vs. stemless) -- (having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination; "stemmed goblets"; "long-stemmed roses")

Sense 2
caulescent (vs. acaulescent), cauline, stemmed -- ((of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground)
       => cylindrical-stemmed -- (having a cylindrical stem)
       => leafy-stemmed -- (having a leafy stem)
       => multi-stemmed -- (having many stems)
       => short-stemmed -- (having a short stem)
       => spiny-stemmed -- (having a spiny stem)
       => stout-stemmed -- (having a stout stem)
       => thick-stemmed -- (having a thick stem)
       => weak-stemmed -- (having a weak stem)
       => wiry-stemmed -- (having a wiry stem)
       => woolly-stemmed -- (having a woolly stem)
       => woody-stemmed -- (having a woody stem)

Sense 3
stemmed -- (having the stem removed; "stemmed berries")
       => stemless (vs. stemmed) -- (not having a stem; "stemless glassware")