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(noun) stem turn
a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
front part of a vessel or aircraft
he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line
(noun) shank
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
(noun) theme, base, root, root word, radical
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
thematic vowels are part of the stem
(noun) stalk
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
stop the flow of a liquid
staunch the blood flow; stem the tide