Definition: 1. Grow out of, have roots in, originate in. 2. Cause to point inward. 3. Stop the flow of a liquid. 4. Remove the stem from. 5. Cylinder forming a long narrow part of something. 6. The tube of a tobacco pipe. 7. Front part of a vessel or aircraft.
Use 'stem' in a sentence:
1. A South African television report said the ship was ablaze from stem to stern.
2. A centrifuge separates the fat cells from the stem and regenerative cells, concentrating them into a pellet, which is then extracted.
3. Arousal is at first general, with a flooding of impulses in the brain stem; then gradually the activation is channeled.
4. Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems.
5. Many more students earn degrees in the STEM disciplines in developing countries than in the United States.
6. The first is an automatic, metabolic system whose control is centered in the brain stem.
7. Fearlessness stems from selflessness.; Only the selfless can be fearless.
8. People are saying that stem cells are basically going to be the new miracle drug.
9. Science is the solution to stem rust, not the cause of its return.
10. It is easy to detach the currants from the stems.
11. By contrast, the large zebra lives on the masses of low-quality stem material.
12. The inspiration stemming from his travels lasted the length of his career.
13. In the last academic year, women accounted for more than half of all Stem postgraduates at UK universities.
14. Different from the embryonic stem cell we talked about before, it's an example of an adult stem cell.
15. The cut was bandaged to stem the bleeding.
16. Cut them off cleanly through the stem just below the node.
17. Why people are so excited about embryonic stem cells is because in nature they become all the cells of the body.
18. Native farmers were hostile towards the wheat programme because of serious crop losses from 1939 to 1941 due to stem rust.
19. The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees out of Haiti and into Florida.
20. The stem helps hold the roots up.
21. The good news for the field of stem-cell therapy comes from a paper published in this week's Lancet.
22. Stem cell researchers have found a way to get perfectly usable stem cells from fully grown human beings.
23. Make a slit in the stem about half an inch long.
24. Much of the instability stems from the economic effects of the war.
25. She noticed there was a real void in quality STEM education at all levels of the public educational system.
26. Recently, the UK National Stem Cell Network warned the UK could lose its place among the world leaders in stem cell research unless adequate funding and legislation could be assured.
27. The stinging nettle has a square stem and little hairs.
28. Her interest in flowers stems from her childhood in the country.
29. Our ship stemmed on against the current.
30. Toxic minerals would first be absorbed by roots but later relocated to the stem and leaves.
31. 'Writ' is the stem of the forms 'writes', 'writing' and 'written'.
32. There's a lot of interests in obtaining stem cells from the blood of the umbilical cord on birth.
33. He was still conscious, trying to stem the bleeding with his right hand.
34. He told the magazine in an exclusive interview: 'All my problems stem from drink'.
35. He said the move would definitely stem the haemorrhage of talent and enterprise from the colony.
36. She tied a knot in a cherry stem.
37. He pointed at me with the stem of his pipe.
38. Cut the flower stems on the slant.
39. He stooped down, cut the stem for her with his knife and handed her the flower.
40. When the stem dies, its hormone signal also ceases.
41. All my problems stem from drink.
42. The plant's stem is marked with thin green longitudinal stripes.
43. In the lunar calendar, the years are designated by the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.
44. These spiral vessels are part of a banana plant stem.
45. The main stem will extend to around 12ft, if left to develop naturally.
46. They discussed ways of stemming the flow of smuggled drugs.
47. Austria has sent three army battalions to its border with Hungary to stem the flow of illegal immigrants.
48. The government had failed to stem the tide of factory closures.
49. His efforts to stem the tide of violent crime have been as effective as Canute's.
50. The authorities seem powerless to stem the rising tide of violence.
51. Always cut stems obliquely to enable flowers to absorb more water.
52. Sedge is similar in appearance to grass but has a solid rather than a hollow stem.
53. The main stem will extend to around 12 ft, if left to develop naturally.
54. Stem cell research is supported by many doctors.
