Stemming is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for STEMMING in dictionary:

VERB:
• originate in or be caused by
• remove the stems from (fruit or tobacco leaves)
• (of a boat) make headway against (the tide or current)
• stop or restrict (the flow of something)
• stop the spread or development of (something undesirable)
• slide the tail of one ski or both skis outwards in order to turn or slow down
RESIDUAL:
• science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (as an educational category)
NOUN:
• material used for tamping a hole
• the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub, typically rising above ground but occasionally subterranean.
• the stalk supporting a fruit, flower, or leaf, and attaching it to a larger branch, twig, or stalk.
• a long, thin supportive or main section of something
• the slender part of a wine glass between the base and the bowl
• the tube of a tobacco pipe
• a rod or cylinder in a mechanism, for example the sliding shaft of a bolt or the winding pin of a watch
• a vertical stroke in a letter or musical note.
• the root or main part of a word, to which inflections or formative elements are added.
• the main line of descent of a family or nation
• a pipe used for smoking crack or opium.
• the main upright timber or metal piece at the bow of a ship, to which the ship's sides are joined at the front end
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to remove stems (ascending axes of a plant) from
• present participle of stem

Words related to STEMMING

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Words that contain STEMMING

stemmings14 restemming15

How to use STEMMING in a sentence

• He resolved on active measures in stemming the tendency of his day.
• We pursued our way, under the force of oars, which soon brought us to the mouth of the Ohio, where the captain paused to prepare for stemming the Mississippi.
• It was only as she sank into the water, in stemming a swell, that anything like foam could be seen under her forefoot.
• The explorers pushed off in May, 1804, and soon began stemming the strong current of the muddy Missouri, to whose unknown sources they intended to ascend.
• Had this reform come sooner it might have had the effect of stemming the tide of revolt among the peasants, but in the circumstances it was of no avail.
• Both have been instrumental in stemming flight from the national flag to flags of convenience and in attracting foreign-owned ships to the Norwegian and Danish flags.
• Business confidence was also damaged by a political crisis stemming from allegations President SAMPER solicited contributions from drug traffickers during the 1994 campaign.
• The French Army and our English troops are now holding good positions in a much stronger and closer line and stemming the tide of the German hordes rolling up to Paris.
• I behold the ships Gliding from cape to cape, from isle to isle, Or stemming toward far lands, or hastening home From the old world.
• Happily the nation at large and the government joined in stemming the onward tide of revolutionary principles.
• It bore the high but not successful part of stemming the tide of popular impulse, and thus failed to attain the highest power.
• Sails, oars, poles, and ropes attached to trees, were the various means of stemming the powerful current.
• Lowington and begged him to assist in stemming the tide which was setting against the Brockway Academy.

Similar words containing STEMM without suffix ing

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