stemmed

Verb

• Past tense of to stem; having a stem.
• grow out of, have roots in, originate in
• cause to point inward
• stop the flow of a liquid
• remove the stem from
  • "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
• simple past and past participle of stem

Adjective

• having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination
  • "stemmed goblets"
  • "long-stemmed roses"
• (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground

Adjective Satellite

• having the stem removed
  • "stemmed berries"

Adj

• Having a stem.

Examples

• He stemmed the tide of defeat with a well-placed seven-letter word.
• The long-stemmed roses didn't fit in the short vase because the stems were too long.

Synonyms

caulescent, cauline, halt, stanch, staunch, stem

Antonyms

acaulescent, stemless, nonstemmed, unstemmed

Anagrams of stemmed