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stalk
1[ stawk ]
noun
- the stem or main axis of a plant.
- any slender supporting or connecting part of a plant, as the petiole of a leaf, the peduncle of a flower, or the funicle of an ovule.
- a similar structural part of an animal.
- a stem, shaft, or slender supporting part of anything.
- Automotive. a slender lever, usually mounted on or near the steering wheel, that is used by the driver to control a signal or function:
The horn button is on the turn-signal stalk.
stalk
2[ stawk ]
verb (used without object)
- to pursue or approach prey, quarry, etc., stealthily.
- to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides:
He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye.
- to proceed in a steady, deliberate, or sinister manner:
Famine stalked through the nation.
- Obsolete. to walk or go stealthily along.
verb (used with object)
- to pursue (game, a person, etc.) stealthily.
- to proceed through (an area) in search of prey or quarry:
to stalk the woods for game.
- to proceed or spread through in a steady or sinister manner:
Disease stalked the land.
noun
- an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like:
We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
- a slow, stiff stride or gait.
stalk
1/ stɔːk /
noun
- the main stem of a herbaceous plant
- any of various subsidiary plant stems, such as a leafstalk (petiole) or flower stalk (peduncle)
- a slender supporting structure in animals such as crinoids and certain protozoans, coelenterates, and barnacles
- any long slender supporting shaft or column
stalk
2/ stɔːk /
verb
- to follow or approach (game, prey, etc) stealthily and quietly
- to pursue persistently and, sometimes, attack (a person with whom one is obsessed, often a celebrity)
- to spread over (a place) in a menacing or grim manner
fever stalked the camp
- intr to walk in a haughty, stiff, or threatening way
he stalked out in disgust
- to search or draw (a piece of land) for prey
noun
- the act of stalking
- a stiff or threatening stride
stalk
/ stôk /
- The main stem of a plant.
- A slender structure that supports a plant part, such as a flower or leaf.
- A slender supporting structure in certain other organisms, such as the reproductive structure in plasmodial slime molds or the part of a mushroom below the cap.
- A slender supporting or connecting part of an animal, such as the eyestalk of a lobster.
Derived Forms
- ˈstalkˌlike, adjective
- ˈstalkless, adjective
- stalked, adjective
- ˈstalker, noun
Other Words From
- stalklike adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of stalk1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stalk1
Origin of stalk2
Example Sentences
Another client, Meadow Mushrooms, is making packaging from the stalks removed from mushrooms during processing.
A few miles down the road, a rusting old John Deere combine growled on through the flurries, its blade churning through dead-brown stalks of soybeans.
These grass-like plants will be 3 to 9 feet tall with an oval cross section to the lower stalk.
The most interesting thing is not that it’s almost spherical, but rather the beautiful cusplike feature where the stalk meets the fruit.
The system monitors grain as it’s collected and adjusts dozens of settings on the combine in real-time to maximize how much grain is chopped from each stalk and to minimize waste.
At night jineteras stalk the promenade in search of tourists while a trumpet from a bench serenades the proceedings.
Murder, suicide, illness, old age: These deaths stalk us all, but in prison, they collect us so much more cheaply.
They go to Paris, but never leave the underground metro station, where they stalk the metro mall shops.
Famine will stalk the land and as many as seven million people will confront extreme food insecurity—in short, starvation.
More girls are reporting their boyfriends stalk them via text message or threaten to humiliate them with social media.
The flowers grow in clusters from the extremities of the stalk; they are yellow externally and of a delicate red within.
When a leaf is so young that it wraps itself around the main stalk it's useless to try to turn it over.
At last the Queen, whose mouth was now quite filled with bits of the mullen-stalk, mumbled, "Get to the point."
Why should they not dawdle at their labor sitting upon the fence in endless colloquy while the harvest rots upon the stalk?
I wonder if that square-jawed devil has got a glimpse of us and is trying a lone-handed stalk himself?
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