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I. noun see: stand Date: before 12th century 1. the main trunk of a plant, a plant part (as a branch, petiole, or stipe) that supports another (as a leaf or fruit), the complete fruiting stalk of a banana plant with its bananas, 2. the main upright member at the bow of a ship, the bow or prow of a ship, a line of ancestry ; stock , the part of an inflected word that remains after the inflected part is removed , something held to resemble a plant ~: as, a main or heavy stroke of a letter, the short perpendicular line extending from the head of a musical note, the part of a tobacco pipe from the bowl outward, the cylindrical support of a piece of ~ware (as a goblet), a shaft of a watch used for winding, II. transitive verb (~med; ~ming) Etymology: Middle English (Scots) ~men to keep a course, from 1~ (of a ship) Date: 1593 to make headway against (as an adverse tide, current, or wind), to check or go counter to (something adverse), ~mer noun III. verb (~med; ~ming) Etymology: 1~ (of a plant) Date: 1724 transitive verb to remove the ~ from, to make ~s for (as artificial flowers), intransitive verb to occur or develop as a consequence ; have or trace an origin , see: spring ~mer noun IV. verb (~med; ~ming) Etymology: Middle English ~men to dam up, from Old Norse ~ma; akin to Middle High German ~men to dam up and probably to Lithuanian stumti to shove Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to stop or dam up (as a river), to stop or check by or as if by damming, to turn (a ski) in ~ming, intransitive verb to restrain or check oneself, to slide the heel of one ski or of both skis outward usually in making or preparing to make a turn, V. noun Date: 1700 check , dam , an act or instance of ~ming on skis