STALK

stalk, angry walk

(noun) a stiff or threatening gait

stalk, stalking

(noun) the act of following prey stealthily

stalk, stalking, still hunt

(noun) a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush

stalk, stem

(noun) a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble

(noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

stalk

(verb) walk stiffly

stalk

(verb) go through (an area) in search of prey; “stalk the woods for deer”

haunt, stalk

(verb) follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; “her ex-boyfriend stalked her”; “the ghost of her mother haunted her”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

stalk (plural stalks)

The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.

The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.

Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.

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

One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

(zoology)

A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.

The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.

The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

(metalworking) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.

Etymology 2

Verb

stalk (third-person singular simple present stalks, present participle stalking, simple past and past participle stalked)

(transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.

(transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.^Wp

(intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.

(intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.

Noun

stalk (plural stalks)

A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.

The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.

Etymology 3

Verb

stalk (third-person singular simple present stalks, present participle stalking, simple past and past participle stalked)

(intransitive) To walk haughtily.

Noun

stalk (plural stalks)

A haughty style of walking.

Anagrams

• talks

Source: Wiktionary

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Stalk, n. Etym: [OE. stalke, fr. AS. stæl, stel, a stalk. See Stale a handle, Stall.]

1. (Bot.) (a) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp. (b) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.

2. That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill. Grew.

3. (Arch.)

Definition: An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

4. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. [Obs.] To climd by the rungs and the stalks. Chaucer.

5. (Zoöl.) (a) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids. (b) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect. (c) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

6. (Founding)

Definition: An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor. Stalk borer (Zoöl.), the larva of a noctuid moth (Gortyna nitela), which bores in the stalks of the raspberry, strawberry, tomato, asters, and many other garden plants, often doing much injury.

Stalk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stalked; p. pr. & vb. n. Stalking.] Etym: [AS. stælcan, stealcian to go slowly; cf. stels high, elevated, Dan. stalke to stalk; probably akin to 1st stalk.]

1. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun. Shak. Into the chamber he stalked him full still. Chaucer. [Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's fiend, Pressing to be employed. Dryden.

2. To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover. The king . . . crept under the shoulder of his led horse; . . . "I must stalk," said he. Bacon. One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk. Drayton.

3. 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. With manly mien he stalked along the ground. Dryden. Then stalking through the deep, He fords the ocean. Addison. I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he has long stalked alone and unchallenged. Mericale.

Stalk, v. t.

Definition: To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game. As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is cruelly like to stalking a deer. Sir W. Scott.

Stalk, n.

Definition: A high, proud, stately step or walk. Thus twice before, . . . With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch. Shak. The which with monstrous stalk behind him stepped. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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