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Definition of 'stalk'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) stalk
the stem or main axis of a plant.

2.  stalk
any slender supporting part of a plant, as a petiole or peduncle.

3.  stalk
a similar structural part of an animal.

4.  stalk
a stem, shaft, or slender supporting part of anything.

5. (v.i.) stalk
to pursue prey, quarry, etc., stealthily.

6.  stalk
to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides (often fol. by away, off, etc.).

7.  stalk
to proceed in a steady, deliberate, or sinister manner.

8. (v.t.) stalk
to pursue (game, a person, etc.) stealthily.

9.  stalk
to harass (a person) threateningly, as by pursuit, intimidating phone calls, etc.

10.  stalk
to proceed through (an area) in search of prey or quarry.

11.  stalk
to proceed or spread through in a steady or sinister manner.

12. (n.) stalk
an act or course of stalking.

13.  stalk
a slow, stiff stride or gait.

Etymology: (1250–1300; cf. OE bestealcian to move stealthily, akin to steal)

Definition of 'stalk'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

2. (noun) stalk, stem
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

3. (noun) stalk, stalking, still hunt
a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush

4. (noun) stalk, stalking
the act of following prey stealthily

5. (verb) stalk, angry walk
a stiff or threatening gait

6. (verb) stalk
walk stiffly

7. (verb) haunt, stalk
follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
"her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"

8. (verb) stalk
go through (an area) in search of prey
"stalk the woods for deer"

Definition of 'stalk'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) stalk
a long part of a plant to which leaves, flowers, or fruit are attached
a celery stalk; a stalk of corn

Definition of 'stalk'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) stalk
the stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp

2. (noun) stalk
the petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant

3. (noun) stalk
that which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill

4. (noun) stalk
an ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring

5. (noun) stalk
one of the two upright pieces of a ladder

6. (noun) stalk
a stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids

7. (noun) stalk
the narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect

8. (noun) stalk
the peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans

9. (noun) stalk
an iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor

10. (noun) stalk
a high, proud, stately step or walk

11. (verb) stalk
to walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun

12. (verb) stalk
to walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover

13. (verb) stalk
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

14. (verb) stalk
to approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game

Translation of 'stalk'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the stem of a plant or of a leaf, flower or fruit If the stalk is damaged, the plant may die.
Afrikaans: steel	Arabic: ساق	Bulgarian: стъбло
Brazilian: haste	Czech: stonek, stopka	German: der Stengel
Danish: stilk; stængel	Greek: μίσχος, κοτσάνι	Estonian: vars, roots
Farsi: ساقه گياه	Finnish: varsi	French: tige
Hebrew: גִבעוֹל	Hindi: डंठल	Croatian: stabljika, vlat
Hungarian: szár	Indonesian: batang	Icelandic: stöngull, stilkur
Italian: gambo, stelo	Japanese: 茎	Korean: 줄기
Lithuanian: kotas	Latvian: kāts; stiebrs	Malay: batang
Dutch: stengel	Norwegian: stilk, stengel	Polish: łodyga
Portuguese: haste	Romanian: tulpină	Russian: стебель, черешок
Slovak: stopka	Slovenian: steblo	Serbian: stabljika
Swedish: stjälk	Thai: ลำต้น	Turkish: sap
Taiwanese: (植物的)主莖、葉柄，花梗	Ukrainian: стебло, черешок	Urdu: درخت کی شاخ
Vietnamese: thân, cuống	Chinese: （植物的）主茎、叶柄，花梗
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