a stem is a form of:
Stem
noun
- 1.
- (Ascending axis of a plant, stalk of fruit, flower, leaf; petiole; stalk like thing, long, slender part, tube of a tobacco pipe, vertical stroke in a letter or musical note, root or main part of a noun, verb, etc., to which inflections are added, main upright timber at the bow of a ship; family line, ancestry, pedigree) stem of a flower ដើម, មែក, ទង, stem of a goblet ផ្នែកដែលពែង ។ល។, stem of a pipe ដង, watch stem ប្រដាប់មួល, apple stem ទង
- 2.
- (វេយ្យាករណ៍) Stem of a word ឫស
- 3.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ជាលិកាស្តើងដោយភ្ជាប់ទៅសរីរាង្គផ្សេងៗ, ដើម,មែក,ទង
verb — past tense: stemmed ; past participle: stemmed ; present participle: stemming ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To remove the stem from [a leaf, fruit, etc]) បេះយកទងចេញ, ប្រលេះទងពីផ្លែឈើ
- 2.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ស្រាវជ្រាវរក
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to stop, check, restrain; plug, tamp, stanch) ទប់, ឃាត់, វាយច្រាន, ច្រាន, សង្កត់ (អោយ ណែន), បង្ក្រាប, បញ្ឈប់, ឃុំឃាំង, អោយនៅនឹង
- 4.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ទប់ស្កាត់, បញ្ឈប់
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to originate, arise) stem from កើតមកពី
- brain stem
- ខ្លួននៃអាទែខួរក្បាល, ផ្នែក ខាងក្រោមនៃខួរក្បាល - stem from
- កើតចេញមកពី - stem tent
- តង់គ្របពីលើគ្រែផ្ទុកចំហាយសំរាប់ឲ្យអ្នកជំងឺស្រូបចំហាយ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.
- 2.
- A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.
- 3.
- The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
- 4.
- A branch of a family.
- 5.
- A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
- 6.
- (FIGURATIVE) An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
- 7.
- Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
- 8.
- That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
- 9.
- The entire central axis of a feather.
- 10.
- The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
- 11.
- The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
- 12.
- The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
verb — past tense: stemmed ; past participle: stemmed ; present participle: stemming ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.