stalk

Substantiv

1. 1

   The stem or main axis of a plant.

   a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp

   Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.

2. 2

   The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.

   grape stalks

3. 3

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

   they appear to be made up of little Bladders , like those in the Plume or Stalk of a Quill

4. 4

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

5. 5

   One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

6. 6

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

7. 7

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

8. 8

   The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

9. 9

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

10. 10

    Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf ℱ on a space X, and a point x in X, the direct limit of the sections of F on the open neighborhoods of x ordered by reverse inclusion. See Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

11. 11

    SlangThe penis.

Verb

1. 1

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

   As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is cruelly like to stalking a deer.

   But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.

2. 2

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

   My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.

   villages stalked by the threat of famine

3. 3

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

   [Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's fiend, / Pressing to be employed.

   O ay, stalk on, stalk on, the fowl sits

4. 4

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

   The king[…]crept under the shoulder of his led horse;[…]"I must stalk," said he.

   One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.

5. 5

   Of a person's social media activity: to look through thoroughly or obsessively; to keep tabs on, generally avoiding contact.

   Coordinate term: lurk

   Hate when I'm stalking someone's Insta and I like one of their old pics. Makes me wanna burrow underground n' hibernate for a season or two.

Substantiv

1. 1

   A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.

2. 2

   The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.

   When the stalk was over (the antelope took alarm and ran off before I was within rifle shot) I came back.

Verb

1. 1

   To walk haughtily.

   With manly mien he stalked along the ground.

   Then stalking through the deep, / He fords the ocean.

   I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he has long stalked alone and unchallenged.

Substantiv

1. 1

   A haughty style of walking.

Formen

Plural

stalks

Präteritum

stalked

Partizip II

stalked

Partizip I

stalking

3. Person Singular

stalks