stalk
IPA: stˈɔk
noun
- 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.
- A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.
- The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.
- A haughty style of walking.
verb
- (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.
- (intransitive) To walk haughtily.
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Examples of "stalk" in Sentences
- The tree had a large stalk.
- The stalking and harassment continued.
- The stalk of each single flower is called a pedicel.
- Spot and stalk is the most rewarding hunting i can do.
- The leaf stalk is attached under the surface of the leaf.
- Gardenin 'Gandalf's stalk is meanwhile a healthy, healthy stalk.
- The underside of the leaf and the whole stalk have spikes on them.
- The flowers are wide, long, and drooping, on short, viscid stalks.
- A petiole is the stalk that joins the leaf blade to the plant stem.
- The leaf stalk is attached on the lower surface of the leaf, not on the base.
- The flowers are small, and once pollinated the stalk swells to form the fruit.
- The stalk bows at the end so that the face of the flower points at the ground.
- The stalk is white fading into cerise down near the roots: both stalk and leaves are eaten.
- Took her antelope hunting once because it is pretty easy to chat and be social (spot and stalk from the truck), plus the weather is usually nice.
- Maybe there are, but hey, I'm not in their world and such prigginess as they and theirs soon won't be in our world -- their stalk is too spindly.
- I thought it was going to be an Abigail ` s Party it had ALison Steadman in it ... it was overtly anti Conservative though and I was obliged to stalk from the room in righteous fury.
- Some larger stalks have a fairly thick skin and may need two passes of the peeler ... you can tell when you got it all when the inner flesh of the stalk is exposed ... it has a softer wet-green look, with no fibers visible and a consistency like a cut radish or potato.
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