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Stalk   /stɔk/   Listen
Stalk

noun
1.
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.  Synonyms: chaff, husk, shuck, straw, stubble.
2.
A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ.  Synonym: stem.
3.
A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush.  Synonyms: stalking, still hunt.
4.
The act of following prey stealthily.  Synonym: stalking.
5.
A stiff or threatening gait.  Synonym: angry walk.
verb
(past & past part. stalked; pres. part. stalking)
1.
Walk stiffly.
2.
Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to.  Synonym: haunt.  "The ghost of her mother haunted her"
3.
Go through (an area) in search of prey.



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"Stalk" Quotes from Famous Books



... needs courage to do what they propose to do. Rum makes men reckless. They are getting their brain and hand just right. Toward midnight they go to their garrets. They gather their tools. Soon after the third watch they stalk forth, silently, looking out for the police, through the alleys to their appointed work. This is a burglar; and the door-lock will fly open at the touch of the false keys. That is an incendiary; and before morning there will be a light ...
— The Abominations of Modern Society • Rev. T. De Witt Talmage
... polar regions, and to open new highways for commerce, new treasures for science. Many things of this nature had been done by the new commonwealth; but, alas! she did not drape herself melodramatically, nor stalk about with heroic wreath and cothurn. She was altogether ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley
... very distinct from the tuberous-rooted species before described. Stalk about one foot in height, smooth and branching; leaves four together, the leaflets wedge-shaped, pale yellowish-green, the upper surface marked by two brownish lines or stains in the form of two sides of a triangle; flowers terminal, of a carmine-rose or pink-red color, stained with green at ...
— The Field and Garden Vegetables of America • Fearing Burr
... do not doubt my sympathy. All my heart is with you. But what can be done? Can a poor village, a poor commune, struggle with any chance of success against a rich company and a government? Can a stalk of wheat resist the sickle? Can an ear of wheat resist the threshing-flail? I have told you the story of Don Quixote della Mancha. Would you fight the empty ...
— The Waters of Edera • Louise de la Rame, a.k.a. Ouida
... almost too large for bending, but I managed to get it down; and sure enough, the bit of yellow was indeed a perfectly fresh blossom. How did it know I was to pass that way on Christmas afternoon, and by what sort of freemasonry did it attract my attention? I loved it and left it on the stalk, in the true Emersonian spirit, and here I do my little ...
— The Foot-path Way • Bradford Torrey


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