stemmings

Noun

stemming (countable and uncountable, plural stemmings)

1. Movement against a current, especially a tidal current.
2. A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
3. (broadly) To include a term's inflections as part of a search engine's search.
4. 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.