Stem

1. v. i. Alt. of Steem
2. n. The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.
3. n. A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.
4. n. The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
5. n. A branch of a family.
6. 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; the bow.
7. n. Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
8. n. Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
9. n. That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
10. n. The entire central axis of a feather.
11. 1v. i. 1 Alt. of Steem
12. 1n. 1 The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.