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watch
Noun
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A watch is a little clock on a person's arm near the person's hand, to measure time.
The person looks at his watch and has a thought that he is late.
watch
Verb
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To watch is to look for a long time or to look at somebody doing something.
I watched the person cook the food and now I know how to cook the food.
stem
Noun
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A stem is a long, thin thing joining parts of a plant.
Put the stems of the flowers in this cup of water.
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A stem is a narrow part of certain man-made objects, such as a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
stem
Verb
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If you stem soemthing, you remove the stem from it.
to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves
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If a problem stems from an action, it is caused by or originates from the action.
The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.