Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having the stems removed.
- adj. Provided with a stem or a specific type of stem. Often used in combination: stemmed goblets; long-stemmed roses.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Furnished with or bearing a stem: used chiefly in composition: as, a straight-stemmed plant.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination
- adj. having the stem removed
- adj. (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground
Examples
“Apparently the sensitivity to the possible use of the term stemmed from a notion that dumb-ass is a mild vulgarism referring to the posterior.”
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
“His alias stemmed from the chalk-outlined barefoot prints left behind at some crime scenes.”
“Her title stemmed from the fact she had been queen before Henry was born while acknowledging she was mother of the current monarch.”
“That problem stemmed from the Obama administration trying to adhere to the very republican value of laissez faire, or "hands-off" government regarding the economy.”
“Here's the interesting part: their concern mostly stemmed from the fact that this was not the final cut or mix of the film, and the filmmaker didn't consider it a finished work.”
“The case stemmed from the 1973 airing of satirist George Carlin's "Filthy Words" monologue.”
The Washington Post: Obituary: Joseph A. Marino, 75, argued Supreme Court case for FCC
“Webb added that the decision stemmed from a series of meetings to which "we did not have access, we did not have the chance to provide input.”
The Washington Post: Sen. Webb accuses Pentagon of stonewalling on plan to close military command
“These feelings often stemmed from a fear (or fears) about what might happen if they insisted on getting what they wanted.”
“Their fight partly stemmed from a few differences over policy; Brandeis wanted the Zionist organizations to focus on sending money to Jewish settlers in Palestine and not on agitating politically.”
“Glaxo previously disclosed in July it had reached an agreement in principle to settle the probe, which stemmed from the manufacture of defective pills including the Paxil antidepressant at Glaxo's plant in Cidra, Puerto Rico, between 2001 and 2005.”
The Wall Street Journal: Glaxo to Pay $750 Million in Pact; Whistleblower Due Big Payment
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...Odysseus, sea, Athene, goddess, land, Achaean, wind, wave, Ithaca, lead, Poseidon, mortal and 732 more...
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GRE BOX 27
S-T
statutory, stem, steep, stemmed, stellar, stealth, statute, static, stanza, stanch, steadfast, stentorian and 53 more...
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