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noun

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

• cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

• the tube of a tobacco pipe

• front part of a vessel or aircraft

• a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

verb

• grow out of, have roots in, originate in

• cause to point inward

• stop the flow of a liquid

• remove the stem from

21%8 To keep away or keep at bay
verb

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

21%8 If you have nine pencils and you keep three of them, what fraction of the pencils do you keep?
noun

• one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

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