stemming

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of stem

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
2. (countable, uncountable)A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
3. (broadly, countable, uncountable)To include a term's inflections as part of a search engine's search.
4. (countable, uncountable)The technique of bridging between two holds with hands and/or feet, applying forces to each in opposing directions in order to brace oneself in position.