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stalk¹ (stôk)

a. A stem or main axis of a herbaceous plant.

b. A stem or similar structure that supports a plant part such as a flower, flower cluster, or leaf.

2. A slender or elongated support or structure, as one that holds up an organ or another body part.

[Middle English, probably diminutive of stale, upright of a ladder, post, handle, from Old English stalu; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

stalky adj.

stalk² (stôk)

v. stalked, stalk·ing, stalks

v.intr.

1. To walk with a stiff, haughty, or angry gait: stalked off in a huff.

2. To move threateningly or menacingly.

3. To track prey or quarry.

v.tr.

1. To pursue by tracking stealthily.

2. To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.

3. To go through (an area) in pursuit of prey or quarry.

[Middle English stalken, from Old English -stealcian, to move stealthily (in bestealcian).]

stalker n.

stalk¹

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the main stem of a herbaceous plant

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of various subsidiary plant stems, such as a leafstalk (petiole) or flower stalk (peduncle)

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a slender supporting structure in animals such as crinoids and certain protozoans, coelenterates, and barnacles

4. any long slender supporting shaft or column

[probably a diminutive formed from Old English stalu upright piece of wood; related to Old Frisian staal handle]

stalked adj

stalkless adj

stalklike adj

stalk²

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) to follow or approach (game, prey, etc.) stealthily and quietly

2. to pursue persistently and, sometimes, attack (a person with whom one is obsessed, often a celebrity)

3. to spread over (a place) in a menacing or grim manner fever stalked the camp

4. (intr) to walk in a haughty, stiff, or threatening way he stalked out in disgust

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) to search or draw (a piece of land) for prey

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) the act of stalking

2. a stiff or threatening stride

[Old English bestealcian to walk stealthily; related to Middle Low German stolkeren, Danish stalke]

stalker n

stalk (stôk)

1. The main stem of a plant.

2. A slender structure that supports a plant part, such as a flower or leaf.

3. 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.

4. A slender supporting or connecting part of an animal, such as the eyestalk of a lobster.

Stalk of foresters: company of foresters—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	stalk - material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds chaff, husk, shuck, stubble, straw bran - broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting plant material, plant substance - material derived from plants
	2.	stalk - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ stem gynophore - the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle carpophore - a slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel corn stalk, cornstalk - the stalk of a corn plant filament - the stalk of a stamen funicle, funiculus - the stalk of a plant ovule or seed petiolule - the stalk of a leaflet cane - a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus sporangiophore - stalk bearing one or more sporangia cutting, slip - a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting tuber - a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage rhizome, rootstalk, rootstock - a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure axis - the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged caudex - woody stem of palms and tree ferns internode - a segment of a stem between two nodes beanstalk - stem of a bean plant cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade - a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf receptacle - enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts caudex, stock - persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant stipe - supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap flower stalk, scape - erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip leafstalk, petiole - the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf bulb - a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure corm - solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure leaf node, node - (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge branch - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant culm - stem of plants of the Gramineae halm, haulm - stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding tree trunk, trunk, bole - the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
	3.	stalk - a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush stalking, still hunt hunting, hunt - the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts deerstalking - stalking deer
	4.	stalk - the act of following prey stealthily stalking chase, pursual, pursuit, following - the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
	5.	stalk - a stiff or threatening gait angry walk gait - a person's manner of walking
Verb	1.	stalk - walk stiffly walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	2.	stalk - follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her" haunt pursue, follow - follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
	3.	stalk - go through (an area) in search of prey; "stalk the woods for deer" pursue, follow - follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"

stalk¹

noun stem, shoot, branch, stock, trunk, peduncle A single pale blue flower grows up from each joint on a long stalk.

stalk²

verb

1. pursue, follow, track, hunt, shadow, tail (informal), haunt, creep up on He stalks his victims like a hunter after a deer.

2. march, pace, stride, strut, flounce If his patience is tried at meetings he has been known to stalk out.

Translations

stalk¹ [stɔːk]

A. VT [+ animal] [hunter] → cazar al acecho; [animal] → acechar; [+ person] → seguir los pasos de

B. VI (= walk) to stalk away or off → irse con paso airado
she stalked out of the room → salió airada del cuarto

stalk² [stɔːk] N

1. (Bot) → tallo m, caña f; (= cabbage stalk) → troncho m

2. [of glass] → pie m

3. (Aut) (= control stalk) → palanca f

stalk [ˈstɔːk]

n [flower, leaf] → tige f; [fruit] → queue f

vt (= track) [+ person, animal] → traquer

vi
to stalk in → entrer d'un pas raide
to stalk out → sortir d'un pas raide
to stalk off → sortir d'un pas raide

stalk¹

vt game → sich anpirschen an (+acc); (animal) → beschleichen, sich heranschleichen an (+acc); person → sich anschleichen an (+acc); (= harass) → belästigen, verfolgen; he’s stalking his former girlfriend → er stellt seiner Ex-Freundin nach; evil stalked the streets (liter) → das Böse ging in den Straßen um

(= walk haughtily) → stolzieren

(Hunt) → pirschen; to go stalking → auf die Pirsch gehen

stalk²

n (of plant, leaf) → Stiel m; (= cabbage stalk) → Strunk m; his eyes came out on stalks (inf) → er bekam Stielaugen (inf)

stalk¹ [stɔːk]

1. vt (animal, person) → inseguire

2. vi to stalk in/out → entrare/uscire impettito/a
she stalked out of the room angrily → uscì furiosa dalla stanza

stalk¹ [stɔːk]

1. vt (animal, person) → inseguire

2. vi to stalk in/out → entrare/uscire impettito/a
she stalked out of the room angrily → uscì furiosa dalla stanza

stalk² [stɔːk] n (Bot) → gambo, stelo; (of cabbage) → torsolo; (of fruit) → picciolo

stalk¹

n stalk [stoːk]

the stem of a plant or of a leaf, flower or fruit If the stalk is damaged, the plant may die. steel ساق стъбло stonek, stopka stilk; stængel der Stengel μίσχος, κοτσάνι vars, roots ساقه گياه varsi tige גִבעוֹל डंठल stabljika, vlat szár batang stöngull, stilkur gambo, stelo 茎 줄기 kotas kāts; stiebrs batang stengel stilk, stengel łodyga haste tulpină стебель, черешок stopka steblo stabljika stjälk ลำต้น sap (植物的)主莖、葉柄，花梗 стебло, черешок درخت کی شاخ thân, cuống （植物的）主茎、叶柄，花梗

stalk²

v stalk [stoːk]

1 to walk stiffly and proudly, eg in anger He stalked out of the room in disgust. kwaad wegstap يَمْشي مُتَشامِخا крача горделиво kráčet skride; spankulere staken βαδίζω αγέρωχα marssima مغرورانه قدم برداشتن marssia marcher avec raideur לִפסוֹעַ בְּגַאֲווָה अकड़ से चलना, शान से चलना šepiriti se, kočiti se peckesen lépked berjalan rigsa (camminare impettito) 大手をふって歩く (화 등으로) 뻣뻣하게 걷다 išdidžiai žingsniuoti cienīgi iet berjalan schrijden skride iść dumnym krokiem andar empertigado a merge cu un aer mândru шествовать kráčať prevzetno hoditi ponosito hodati skrida เดินอาด ๆ azametle yürümek 高視闊步地走 гордо виступати اترا کر چلنا đi hiên ngang, oai vệ 高视阔步地走

2 to move menacingly through a place Disease and famine stalk (through) the country. vinnig beweeg يَتَفَشّى، يُهَدِّد вилнея táhnout hærge umgehen προχωρώ αμείλικτα, απειλητικά levima آهسته حركت كردن levitä régner (sur) לָנוּע विचरना širiti se (bolest) végigsöpör menyebar breiðast út diffondersi, correre per はびこる 만연하다 šliaužti, plisti lavīties; ložņāt menyebar rondwaren forfølge, trenge seg inn overalt grasować avançar (por) a bântui распространяться tiahnuť širiti se vrebati smyga sig, sprida sig långsamt แผ่กระจาย tehlikeli biçimde yayılmak 籠罩，蔓延 розповзатися کسی جگہ پر خطرناک طریقے سے داخل ہونا đi hiên ngang qua 笼罩，蔓延

3 in hunting, to move gradually as close as possible to game, eg deer, trying to remain hidden Have you ever stalked deer / been deer-stalking? bekruip يُطارِدُ خِلْسَةً дебна stopovat snige sig ind på auf die Pirsch gehen, auflauern στήνω ενέδρα, παρακολουθώ κρυφά varitsema با احتياط به شكار نزديك شدن lähestyä väijyksistä traquer לְהִתקַרֵב לְאַט लुक छिपकर शिकार करना prikrasti se, prišuljati se becserkész(ik) mengintai læðast að (avvicinarsi di soppiatto) そっと近づく (사냥감에) 몰래 접근하다 sėlinti pielavīties mengintai besluipen liste/snike seg inn på podchodzić, tropić perseguir a pândi подкрадываться;выслеживать stopovať zalezovati vrebati smyga [] på ย่องตาม avına sinsice yaklaşmak 潛近獵物 підкрадатися چھپ کر شکار کھیلنا đuổi theo thú săn, kẻ địch 潜近猎物

n stalker

a person who stalks game. bekruiper مُطارِد الطَّرائِد خِلْسَةً човек, който дебне stopař fanatisk tilhænger der/die Pirschgänger(in) ιχνηλάτης varitseja صياد كمين گير metsästäjä chasseur à l'affût צָיַד अहेरी, शिकारी onaj koji se prikrada (divljači) cserkésző vadász pengintai veiðimaður (cacciatore all'agguato) 追跡者 (사냥감에) 몰래 다가가는 사람 sėlintojas mednieks pengintai jager jeger tropiciel caçador vânător la pândă охотник; ловчий stopár zalezovalec uhoda gångskytt, smygjägare ผู้เดินย่องตาม sezdirmeden ava yaklaşan kimse/hayvan 潛隨獵物者 мисливець, що переслідує дичину آڑ میں شکار کھیلنے والا người đi lén theo 潜随猎物者

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