stewa Anglais:

Those flowers have very short stems.

He dropped his wineglass and broke its stem.

A rose has thorns on its stem.

Scientists are fighting to stem the spread of the AIDS virus.

He stemmed me from saying that. This problem stems from your lack of trust.

The plant has an underground stem.

decimating to stem this contusion

You should always hold the wine glass by the stem.

Unless the spread of the disease is stemmed thousands may die.

a stem is the long thin part of a plant that a flower grows on. If something stems from something else, it has that other thing as its origin

Cut a centimetre off the bottom of the stems before you put roses in water.

The wine glass broke at the stem.

A stem of this flower is very poisonous. My dog ate it year ago and died after thirty minutes.

Remove all the stems before you eat the fruit.

Which schools stem from Buddhist thought?

A smile transformed his stern face. / You'll find I'm stern but fair.

We face stern opposition.

a stern face/expression/look

He looks stern.

Her stern look got him to quit talking.

he looks like a very stern doctor

Silvia had a stern father who never praised her.

His stern tone and loud voice belied his inner sensitivity and caring nature.

He looks stern, but actually he's very kind.

Journalists received a stern warning not to go anywhere near the battleship.

About time we had some stern northern leadership.

Even though the professor was stern, we knew he cared deeply about his students and wanted them all to succeed.

The definition of stern is someone who is very serious or strict.

The box with the baits was under the stern of the skiff.

sterner penalties for drug offences