STEMMING
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Scrabble
17
WWF
S(1) T(1) E(1) M(3) M(3) I(1) N(1) G(2)
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Definition
verb
- To remove the stem from.“to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves”
- To be caused or derived; to originate.“The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.”
- To descend in a family line.
- To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
- To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
verb
- To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).“to stem a tide”
- To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
noun
- Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
- A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
- (by extension) To include a term's inflections as part of a search engine's search.
- The technique of bridging between two holds with hands and/or feet, applying forces to each in opposing directions in order to brace oneself in position.
Source: Wiktionary
