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Word entry · 4 letters

stem

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"Flower's support"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /stɛm/Part of speech verb, nounSorted emstStarts with SEnds with M2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. remove the stem from

Word origin

From Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn (“stem”), from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz (“stem, tree stalk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”).

Used in a sentence

  • Where ye may all that are of noble ſtemm / Approach, and kiſs her ſacred veſtures hemm.
  • While I do pray, learn here thy stem / And true descent.
  • This is a stem / Of that victorious stock.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Flower's support4 letters
02Plant stalk4 letters

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