Re-turn (v. t. & i.) To turn again. |
Sea turn () A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea. |
Stem (v. i.) Alt. of Steem |
Stem (n.) Alt. of Steem |
Stem (n.) The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind |
Stem (n.) A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch |
Stem (n.) The stock of a family |
Stem (n.) A branch of a family. |
Stem (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel |
Stem (n.) Fig.: An advanced or leading position |
Stem (n.) Anything resembling a stem or stalk |
Stem (n.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean. |
Stem (n.) The entire central axis of a feather. |
Stem (n.) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian. |
Stem (n.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note |
Stem (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection |
Stem (v. t.) To remove the stem or stems from |
Stem (v. t.) To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole. |
Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel |
Stem (v. i.) To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current. |
Stem-clasping (a.) Embracing the stem with its base |
Stem-winder (n.) A stem-winding watch. |
Stem-winding (a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem |
Turn (v. t.) To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center |
Turn (v. t.) To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost |
Turn (v. t.) To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to |
Turn (v. t.) To change from a given use or office |
Turn (v. t.) To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of |
Turn (v. t.) To form in a lathe |
Turn (v. t.) Hence, to give form to |
Turn (v. t.) To translate |
Turn (v. t.) To make acid or sour |
Turn (v. t.) To sicken |
Turn (v. i.) To move round |
Turn (v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support |
Turn (v. i.) To result or terminate |
Turn (v. i.) To be deflected |
Turn (v. i.) To be changed, altered, or transformed |
Turn (v. i.) To undergo the process of turning on a lathe |
Turn (v. i.) To become acid |
Turn (v. i.) To become giddy |
Turn (v. i.) To be nauseated |
Turn (v. i.) To become inclined in the other direction |
Turn (v. i.) To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb |
Turn (v. i.) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery. |
Turn (v. i.) To invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted. |
Turn (n.) The act of turning |
Turn (n.) Change of direction, course, or tendency |
Turn (n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change |
Turn (n.) A circuitous walk, or a walk to and fro, ending where it began |
turn | taking a short walk out and back, we took a turn in the park |
twist turn | turning or twisting around (in place), with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room |
turn | the act of turning away or in the opposite direction, he made an abrupt turn away from her |
about-face about turn | act of pivotingdegrees, especially in a military formation |
u-turn | complete reversal of direction of travel |
turn turning | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course, he took a turn to the right |
kick turn | a standing turn made in skiing, one ski is raised to the vertical and pivoted backward to become parallel with the other ski but headed in the opposite direction and then the other ski is aligned with the first |
stem turn stem | a turn made in skiing, the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it |
turn play | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession, it is my turn, it is still my play |
disservice ill service ill turn | an act intended to help that turns out badly, he did them a disservice |
turn good turn | a favor for someone, he did me a good turn |
three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
bow fore prow stem | front part of a vessel or aircraft, he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line |
shank stem | cylinder forming a long narrow part of something |
stem | the tube of a tobacco pipe |
stem-winder | a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem |
brainstem brain-stem brain stem | the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus |
stem cell | an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells) |
hematopoeitic stem cell | blood forming stem cells in the bone marrow, T cells and B cells arise from these stem cells |
turn-on | something causing excitement or stimulating interest |
root root word base stem theme radical | (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed, thematic vowels are part of the stem |
act routine number turn bit | a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program, he did his act three times every evening, she had a catchy little routine, it was one of the best numbers he ever did |
turn of phrase turn of expression | a distinctive spoken or written expression, John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea |
stem vowel thematic vowel | a vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection |
blinker turn signal turn indicator trafficator | a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn |
turning turn | a movement in a new direction, the turning of the wind |
reversal turn around | turning in an opposite direction or position, the reversal of the image in the lens |
turn turn of events twist | an unforeseen development, events suddenly took an awkward turn |
celtuce stem lettuce Lactuca sativa asparagina | lettuce valued especially for its edible stems |
bluestem blue stem Andropogon furcatus Andropogon gerardii | tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States |
common ginger Canton ginger stem ginger Zingiber officinale | tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root, source of gingerroot and powdered ginger |
onion stem Lepiota cepaestipes | a white agaric that tends to cluster and has a club-shaped base |
stalk stem | a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ |
black-stem spleenwort black-stemmed spleenwort little ebony spleenwort | fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil |
ampere-turn | a unit of magnetomotive force equal to the magnetomotive force produced by the passage of ampere through complete turn of a coil, equal to . gilberts |
bend crook twist turn | a circular segment of a curve, a bend in the road, a crook in the path |
stem blight | a fungous blight attacking the stems of plants |
little potato rosette russet scab stem canker | rhizoctinia disease of potatoes |
turn bout round | (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive |
turn of the century | the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century |
go spell tour turn | a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else), it's my go, a spell of work |
a go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out go to sleep retire | prepare for sleep, I usually turn in at midnight, He goes to bed at the crack of dawn |
get up turn out arise uprise rise | get up and out of bed, I get up at A.M. every day, They rose early, He uprose at night |
twist sprain wrench turn wrick rick | twist suddenly so as to sprain, wrench one's ankle, The wrestler twisted his shoulder, the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell, I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days |
alternate take turns | do something in turns, We take turns on the night shift |
turn grow | pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute, become, The weather turned nasty, She grew angry |
change by reversal turn reverse | change to the contrary, The trend was reversed, the tides turned against him, public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern |
turn the tables turn the tide | cause a complete reversal of the circumstances, The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power! |
change state turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action, We turned from Socialism to Capitalism, The people turned against the President when he stole the election |
stem | remove the stem from, for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed |