any clever maneuver | a device for removing stems from fruit (as from grapes or apples) |
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | a miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge |
an emblematic design (especially in heraldry) | an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem |
any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery) | a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers |
something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect | a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books |