What is the meaning of the word "stem"?

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  1. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed copy to clipboard noun
    • thematic vowels are part of the stem copy to clipboard
  2. cause to point inward copy to clipboard verb
    • stem your skis copy to clipboard
  3. grow out of, have roots in, originate in copy to clipboard verb
    • The increase in the national debt stems from the last war copy to clipboard
  4. remove the stem from copy to clipboard verb
    • for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed copy to clipboard

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