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The Clue

Skier's maneuver (8 letter answer)

The Answer

STEMMING

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Notes

The answer STEMMING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.

Definition

STEM as a verb:

1. grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
2. cause to point inward; "stem your skis"
3. (stem, stanch, staunch, halt) = stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide"
4. remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"