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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



... wonder: and looking me straight in the face, he added: "The man is young, I trow, to be so able in his art, and still apt enough to learn much." He then asked me what my name was. I answered: "My name is Benvenuto." He replied: "And Benvenuto shall I be this day to you. Take flower-de-luces, stalk, blossom, root, together; then decoct them over a slack fire; and with the liquid bathe your eyes several times a day; you will most certainly be cured of that weakness; but see that you purge first, and then go forward with the lotion." The Pope ...
— The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini • Benvenuto Cellini
... must be lying down.... What to do? It might lie for hours and he himself might go to sleep. It might get up and depart at any moment without coming into the line of fire—without being seen indeed. Better continue the stalk and hope to get a standing shot, or, failing that, a ...
— Snake and Sword - A Novel • Percival Christopher Wren
... his tall figure was seen to stalk out of the surrounding gloom into the circle of firelight. Trueheart recognised him at once, and a word from her sufficed to inform her husband that the stranger was a friend. He was welcomed of course cordially, and made to sit down in ...
— The Crew of the Water Wagtail • R.M. Ballantyne
... girls left the room, "like twin cherries on a stalk." The resemblance between them was bewildering; every line of feature, every tone of ...
— By Berwen Banks • Allen Raine
... head; not "bee-bonneted," but bird-bonneted, I go. Yes, this day shall be given to the king, as our country-folk say, when they go a-pleasuring. I am off with the little wool-gatherers, to see what thorn and brier and fern-stalk and willow-catkin will ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 32, June, 1860 • Various


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