to stem
3
9.1
- verb
- /stɛm/
- Jargon
:
hacer un viraje en cuña
- When learning to ski, it's important to stem your skis to slow down effectively.
Examples
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She expertly stemmed her skis, preventing herself from sliding down the hill too quickly.
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To control his speed on the steep slope, he decided to stem his skis inward.
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His failure to stem declining enrollment and donations, accompanied by staff layoffs at Akron, further hardened the opposition.
Academic text (2016) -
The popular press, by contrast, was effusive toward Eells's Marcus Whitman, hoping that it would stem the tide against the growing skepticism toward the Whitman story.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
1
4.9
To slow down while skiing by turning the skis into a wedge
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
77
4.1
A basic body unit that can become different kinds of cells and make more of itself
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27
3.7
Study of cells that can become other cells and how they can treat disease
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15
4.1
The part of the brain near the spinal cord that controls breathing and heart rate
- Specialized
8
4.1
A study of cells taken from early human embryos to develop medical treatments
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1
6.1
A special cell inside bones that makes red and white blood cells and platelets
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1
4.4
The part of the brain at the base that connects to the spinal cord and controls breathing and heart rate
A small fern with a dark thin stem that grows in warm parts of the Americas
- Jargon
A skiing turn where you push the tail of one ski out to slow and change direction
How Sharp
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stem in skiing as a verb means to push the skis into a V shape to slow down, and you can remember it by imagining pushing out a branch-like stem to stop your speed.