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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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stem

/stɛm/

US pronunciation

American sound/stɛm/

stem

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> stem

Myanmar meaning

(n) ပင်စည် (v) တိတ်အောင်လုပ်

Full entry

stem / stem / n

၁။ ပင်စည်။ ရိုးတံ (သို့) ညှာတံ။ ❍ FLOWER, FRUIT, FUNGUS
၂။ ဝိုင်ကလပ်၏ အခြေရိုးတံ (သို့) ဆေးတံအရိုး။
၃။ (grammar ) ပုဒ်ရင်း။ ‘Writ’, is the stem of the forms ‘writes’, ‘writing’ and ‘written’.
v (-mm- ) တိတ်အောင်လုပ်သည်။ ဆို့သည်။ ပိတ်သည်။ bandage a cut to stem the bleeding ❍ stem the flow of water from a burst pipe ❍ an attempt to stem the tide of anti-government feeling.
❏ from stem to stern [IDM ] ရာဇတိုင်မှပဲ့အထိ။ (သင်္ဘော ဦးမှပဲ့အထိတစ်ခုလုံး)။ The liner has been refitted from stem to stern.
❏ stem from sth [PHRV ] အရင်းခံသည်။ အစပြုသည်။ ဇာတ်လမ်းစသည်။ discontent stemming from low pay and poor working conditions ❍ Her passion for India stems from the time she spent there as a child.
❏ -stemmed (forming compound adjs ) ရိုးတံ(ရှည်၊ တို၊ တုတ်)သော။ long-/ short-/ thick-stemmed glasses.

More examples

Cut the stems to ground level in winter.

Synonyms

stalk, shoot, trunk, twig, branch, arise, arrest, axis, be bred, be brought about, be caused, be generated, bring to a standstill, check, come from, contain, control, curb, curtail, cut off, dam, decrease, derive, develop, emanate, flow, halt, head, hinder, hold back, issue, lessen, oppose, originate, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, petiole, prevent, proceed, reduce, resist, restrain, restrict, rise, slow, spring, stanch, staunch, stay, stock, stop, withstand

Antonyms

abet, accelerate, aid, assist, cause, cease, decrease, encourage, end, halt, help, lessen, let go, liberate, release, repress, root, stop

Cross references

stalk shoot trunk twig branch arise arrest axis be bred be brought about be caused be generated bring to a standstill check come from contain control curb curtail cut off dam decrease derive develop emanate flow halt head

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