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from stem to stern
stem 1 S0735300 (stĕm)n.1. a. The main ascending part of a plant; a stalk or trunk.b. A slender stalk supporting or connecting another plant part, such as a leaf or flower.c. A banana stalk bearing several bunches of bananas.2. A connecting or supporting part, especially:a. The tube of a tobacco pipe.b. The slender upright support of a wineglass or goblet.c. The small projecting shaft with an expanded crown by which a watch is wound.d. The rounded rod in the center of certain locks about which the key fits and is turned.e. The shaft of a feather or hair.f. The upright stroke of a typeface or letter.g. Music The vertical line extending from the head of a note.3. The main line of descent of a family.4. Linguistics The main part of a word to which affixes are added.5. Nautical The curved upright beam at the fore of a vessel into which the hull timbers are scarfed to form the prow.6. The tubular glass structure mounting the filament or electrodes in an incandescent bulb or vacuum tube.v. stemmed, stem·ming, stems v.intr. To have or take origin or descent: Her success stems mostly from hard work.v.tr.1. To remove the stem of: stemmed the apples.2. To provide with a stem: wine glasses that are stemmed.3. To make headway against (a tide or current, for example).Idiom: from stem to stern From one end to another.
[Middle English, from Old English stefn, stemn; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: stem1, arise, derive, emanate, flow, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring
These verbs mean to come forth or come into being: customs that stem from the past; misery that arose from war; rights that derive from citizenship; disapproval that emanated from the teacher; happiness that flows from their friendship; prejudice that issues from fear; a proposal that originated in the Congress; a mistake that proceeded from carelessness; rebellion that rises in the provinces; new industries that spring from technology.
stem 2 S0735300 (stĕm)v. stemmed, stem·ming, stems v.tr.1. To stop or stanch (a flow): stemmed the bleeding.2. To restrain or stop: wanted to stem the growth of government.3. To plug or tamp (a blast hole, for example).4. Sports To turn (a ski, usually the uphill ski) by moving the heel outward.v.intr. Sports To stem a ski or both skis, as in making a turn.
[Middle English stemmen, from Old Norse stemma.]
STEMabbr. science, technology, engineering, and mathematicsTranslationsfrom stem to stern
from stem to sternCompletely or entirely, as from one end to the other. The stem is the front part of a ship and the stern is the rear. If that guy so much as looks at me the wrong way, I'll cut him from stem to stern, I swear! When I had the flu, I honestly ached from stem to stern and couldn't get out of bed for days.See also: stem, sternfrom stem to stern 1. Lit. from the front of a boat or ship to the back. He inspected the boat from stem to stern and decided he wanted to buy it. 2. Fig. from one end to another. Now, I have to clean the house from stem to stern. I polished my car carefully from stem to stern.See also: stem, sternfrom stem to stern from the front to the back, especially of a ship.See also: stem, sternfrom ˌstem to ˈstern all the way from the front of a ship to the back: It was a small boat, less than thirty feet from stem to stern.See also: stem, stern from stem to stern From one end to another.See also: stem, sternstem to stern, fromFrom beginning to end; entirely. In nautical terminology the stem is an upright at the bow (front) of a vessel and the stern is the back end. This counterpart of from head to toe and from soup to nuts was quoted by the Roman writer Cicero as a Greek proverb. In English the term was used literally from about 1600 on, and figuratively soon afterward.See also: stemEncyclopediaSeestem |