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stalk

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Synonyms: stark, stale, stall, stack, talk, stank, salk, stal, swalk, ytalk, xtalk

Antonyms: stark, stale, stall, stack, talk, stank, salk, stal, swalk, ytalk, xtalk

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Noun

  1. The stem or main axis of a plant.
    • a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp
  2. The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
    • grape stalks
  3. Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
  4. An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
  5. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
  6. 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.
  7. A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.
  8. The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
  9. The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
  10. An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
  11. 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
  12. The penis.

Verb

  1. To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
  2. To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.
    • My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.
    • villages stalked by the threat of famine
  3. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.
  4. To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.
  5. Of a person's social media activity: to look through thoroughly or obsessively; to keep tabs on, generally avoiding contact.

Noun

  1. A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.
  2. The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.

Verb

  1. To walk haughtily.

Noun

  1. A haughty style of walking.

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