EGAVE

stemming

About 1.70 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb present participle and gerund of stem
  2. noun Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
  3. noun A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
  4. noun To include a term's inflections as part of a search engine's search.
  5. noun 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.

Similar words

caulescent cauline stemless curbing diking flowing contain containing uprooting curtailing

Often followed by

from the in directly largely of as and not

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