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The correct spelling is stemming.
How to pronounce stemming
verb
Say it like: Ste-mmi-ng
The correct spelling is stemming. To remove the stem from. For example: "to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves"
Usage Examples
“to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves”
“The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.”
“to stem a tide”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To remove the stem from.
- 2.To be caused or derived; to originate.
- 3.To descend in a family line.
- 4.To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
- 5.To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
noun
- 1.Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
- 2.A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
- 3.(by extension) To include a term's inflections as part of a search engine's search.
- 4.The technique of bridging between two holds with hands and/or feet, applying forces to each in opposing directions in order to brace oneself in position.
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