Stalk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A stem or main axis of a herbaceous plant.
  • n. A stem or similar structure that supports a plant part such as a flower, flower cluster, or leaf.
  • n. A slender or elongated support or structure, as one that holds up an organ or another body part.
  • verb-intransitive. To walk with a stiff, haughty, or angry gait: stalked off in a huff.
  • verb-intransitive. To move threateningly or menacingly.
  • verb-intransitive. To track prey or quarry.
  • v. To pursue by tracking stealthily.
  • v. To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.
  • v. To go through (an area) in pursuit of prey or quarry.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The longish piece that supports the seed-carrying parts of a plant.
  • v. To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
  • v. To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment (Wikipedia).
  • n. A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.
  • n. A hunt.
  • v. To walk haughtily.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. The stem or main axis of a plant
  • n. The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
  • n. That which resembles the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
  • n. An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
  • n. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
  • n.
  • n. A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
  • n. The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
  • n. The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
  • n. An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
  • verb-intransitive. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
  • verb-intransitive. To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.
  • verb-intransitive. To walk with high and proud steps; -- usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.
  • v. To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
  • v. To follow (a person) persistently, with or without attempts to evade detection.
  • n. A high, proud, stately step or walk.
  • n. The act or process of stalking.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To walk cautiously or stealthily; steal along; creep.
  • To steal up to game under cover of something else; hunt game by approaching stealthily and warily behind a cover.
  • To walk with slow, dignified strides; pace in a lofty, imposing manner.
  • In sporting, to pursue stealthily, or behind a cover; follow warily for the purpose of killing, as game.
  • n. The pursuit of game by stealthy approach or under cover.
  • n. A high, proud, stately step or walk.
  • n. The stem or main axis of a plant; that part of a plant which rises directly from the root, and which usually supports the leaves, flowers, and fruit: as, a stalk of wheat or hemp.
  • n. The pedicel of a flower or the peduncle of a flower-cluster (flower-stalk), the petiole of a leaf (leafstalk), the stipe of an ovary, etc., or any similar supporting organ; in mosses, a seta.
  • n. A straw.
  • n. In architecture, an ornament in the Corinthian capital which resembles the stalk of a plant, and is sometimes fluted. From it the volutes or helices spring. Compare caulis and cauliculus.
  • n. One of the upright side-pieces of a ladder, in which the rounds or steps are placed.
  • n. The shaft or handle of anything, especially when slender, likened to the stalk of a plant; the stem: as, the stalk of a wine-glass; the stalk of a tobacco-pipe.
  • n. In zoology, some part or organ like a stalk; a stem; a stipe.
  • n. A tall chimney, as of a furnace, factory, or laboratory.
  • n. In founding, an iron rod armed with spikes, used to form the nucleus of a core.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
  • v. follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
  • v. walk stiffly
  • n. a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
  • n. a stiff or threatening gait
  • n. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
  • v. go through (an area) in search of prey
  • n. the act of following prey stealthily
    • Antonym
    sneak   
    Verb Form
    stalked    stalkes    stalking    stalks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pursue    follow    walk    gait    following    chase    pursuit    pursual   
    Cross Reference
    stem    abdominal stalk    optic stalk   
    Form
    stalked    stalking   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    go    sweet    strut    hunt    still-hunt    gait   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Maroc    Salk    Sauk    balk    calk    caulk    chalk    crosstalk    falk    gawk   
    Unknown
    Celebrity   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stem    twig    frond    clump    husk    tuft    fern    reed    foliage    leaf   
     
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