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restem

/ɹəˈstɛm/

restem verb: to force back against the current.

Verb

restem (third-person singular simple present restems, present participle restemming, simple past and past participle restemmed)

  1. To force back against the current.
    • to restem their backward coursec. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. To stem, or move against.
    • to restem a current

restem meaning in Bengali

restem in Bengali

স্রোতের বিপরীতে চলা

Forms of restem

third-person singular presentrestems
present participlerestemming
past participlerestemmed
pastrestemmed

Origin of restem

From re- + stem.

Questions about restem

What does restem mean?
Restem means to force back against the current.
What is restem in Bengali?
Restem in Bengali is স্রোতের বিপরীতে চলা. See Restem meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is restem?
Restem is a verb.
How do you pronounce restem?
Restem is pronounced /ɹəˈstɛm/.
What is the past tense of restem?
The past tense of restem is restemmed.

Words near restem in the dictionary

  1. resteeps
  2. resteer
  3. resteered
  4. resteering
  5. resteers
  6. restem
  7. restemmed
  8. restemming
  9. restems
  10. restenoses
  11. restenosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: restem (page history and authors); restem (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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