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- Dictionarystalk/stôk/
verb
- 1. pursue or approach stealthily: "a cat stalking a bird" Similar
- 2. harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention: "for five years she was stalked by a man who would taunt and threaten her"
noun
- 1. a stealthy pursuit of someone or something: "this time the stalk would be on foot"
- 2. a stiff, striding gait.
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the main stem of a plant, or the narrow stem that joins leaves, flowers, or fruit to the main stem of a plant: She trimmed the stalks of the tulips before putting them in a vase. a narrow structure that supports a part of the body in some animals: The eyes of shrimps are on movable stalks. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of STALK is a slender upright object or supporting or connecting part; especially : peduncle. How to use stalk in a sentence.
noun. the stem or main axis of a plant. any slender supporting or connecting part of a plant, as the petiole of a leaf, the peduncle of a flower, or the funicle of an ovule. a similar structural part of an animal. a stem, shaft, or slender supporting part of anything.
As a verb, stalk means to walk stiffly or angrily. If someone insults you, you might stalk from the room and refuse to listen to another word. When hunting, an animal stalks its prey — it follows its quarry stealthily until it's time to pounce.
the main stem of a plant, or the narrow stem that joins leaves, flowers, or fruit to the main stem of a plant: She trimmed the stalks of the tulips before putting them in a vase. a narrow structure that supports a part of the body in some animals: The eyes of shrimps are on movable stalks. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
If you stalk a person or a wild animal, you follow them quietly in order to kill them, catch them, or observe them carefully.
verb. /stɔːk/ Verb Forms. [transitive, intransitive] stalk (something/somebody) to move slowly and quietly towards an animal or a person, in order to kill, catch or harm it or them. The lion was stalking a zebra. He stalked his victim as she walked home, before attacking and robbing her. Definitions on the go.
