baʊ fɔː fɔɹ ˈɹædɪkəl ʃæŋk stɑːnt͡ʃ stænt͡ʃ stɔːntʃ θiːm remove the stem from for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed stop the flow of a liquid staunch the blood flow stem the tide a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it grow out of, have roots in, originate in The increase in the national debt stems from the last war cause to point inward stem your skis front part of a vessel or aircraft he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line cylinder forming a long narrow part of something the tube of a tobacco pipe (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed thematic vowels are part of the stem a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ