stemming

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stemming

Rhymes with -ɛmɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of stem

noun stemmings

  1. countable, uncountable Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
  2. countable, uncountable A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
  3. broadly, countable, uncountable To include a term's inflections as part of a search engine's search.
  4. countable, uncountable 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: caulescent, cauline, stemless, curbing, diking, flowing, contain, containing, uprooting, curtailing, limit, restraining, limiting, combating, stopping, arising

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noun removing affixes

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Françaisracinisation

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"stemming." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stemming. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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stemming. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stemming

Chicago

"stemming." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stemming.

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@misc{stemming_2026,
  title = {stemming},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stemming},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}