Antonyms for stem

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : stem

Phonetic Transcription : stɛm

Definition of stem

Origin : Old English stemn, stefn "stem of a plant," also "either end-post of a ship," from Proto-Germanic *stamniz (cf. Old Saxon stamm, Old Norse stafn "stem of a ship;" Danish stamme, Swedish stam "trunk of a tree;" Old High German stam, German Stamm), from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
Meaning "support of a wineglass" is from 1835. Stem-winding watches (1875) were advanced and desirable when introduced, hence slang stem-winder "excellent thing" (1892). The nautical sense is preserved in the phrase stem to stern "along the full length" (of a ship), attested from 1620s. The verbal phrase stems from, first recorded 1932, American English, translates German stammen aus, probably from a figurative sense represented by English stem (n.) in the sense of "stock of a family, line of descent" (c.1540; cf. family tree, and German stammvater "tribal ancestor," literally "stem-father"). Stem cell attested by 1885.

noun stalk of plant
verb come from
verb prevent, stop

Example sentences :

Let us rejoice that one such partisan was now at hand to stem the torrent of abuse.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

There is one stream which I dread my inability to stem—it is the tide of Popular Opinion.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

In his excitement the dominie had snapped the stem of his tobacco pipe in two.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

Then one after the other the two tenders puffed away, packed from stem to stern.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

And the pick was only the stem of a kau-ling plant, to which a bit of brick had been fastened.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Again, take the stem of the chief tree in Claude's Narcissus.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

There are three things we've forgotten, the stem, stern-post, and keel.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various

It was an eggcup, and its stem had been mended with plaster.
Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

When they are attached squarely and firmly to the stem they are said to be adnate.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

The spores are white and the stem is readily separable from the cap.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

Synonyms for stem

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