The embedded part of an organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nerve, that serves as a base or support.
(Of wild animals) A hunt.
The rower nearest the bow
radixes
The root of a plant
rachides
The main stem of an elongated inflorescence, as in a grass.
etyma
An earlier form of a word, as at an earlier period in the development of a language
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Consistency of substance, as in paint, textiles, or wine:
The definition of halt is to hesitate, to put a stop to something or to come to a sudden stop.
To withstand is to be able to successfully cope with something or to be able to resist or remain unaffected by something.
To check (a blow, stroke, or thrust); parry; counter
To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
To stop or cause to stop through some malfunction
To provide resistance to (an electrical current).
To keep from happening; avert:
To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.
To impede is defined as to block or temporarily keep something from going forward.
To obstruct or delay the progress of:
To prevent or discourage from acting, as by means of fear or doubt:
To act, do, move, etc. counter to (a person or thing); oppose or check
To hold in restraint; check:
To be capable of holding:
Check means to test, examine, compare or inspect something to see if it is as it should be.
To come forth as a branch or subdivision; develop or diverge from:
To base is defined as to make a determination, to create groundwork or to place something somewhere.
To stop; check.
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To obtain or receive from a source:
To issue or emerge suddenly:
To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
To come forth, issue, or arise (from)
(Law) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.
To come in; rise, as the tide
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The definition of come is to move closer to the requester.
To result, issue, or proceed:
(Linguistics) In logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
The definition of a theme is a topic, a recurring idea or a short melody.
A basic or underlying element; infrastructure:
A main body, apart from tributaries or appendages.
(Botany) A twining bean plant, such as the scarlet runner.
A root system of a plant, often with a portion of the stem, to which a shoot or bud is grafted.
To give help or relief (to); assist
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
To give support to; be favorable to; foster; help
To be the cause of or reason for; result in.
Find another word for stems. In this page you can discover 51 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for stems, like: roots, stalks, shanks, bows, radixes, rachides, etyma, bodies, halts, withstands and stops.
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