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Stalk 1

Definition: The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.

Stalk 2

Definition: The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.

Stalk 3

Definition: That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.

Stalk 4

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

Stalk 5

Definition: One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

Stalk 6

Definition: A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.

Stalk 7

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

Stalk 8

Definition: The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

Stalk 9

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

Stalk 10

Definition: To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.

Stalk 11

Definition: To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.

Stalk 12

Definition: To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.

Stalk 13

Definition: To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.

Stalk 14

Definition: A high, proud, stately step or walk.

stalk 15

Definition: a stiff or threatening gait

stalk 16

Definition: the act of following prey stealthily

stalk 17

Definition: a hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush

stalk 18

Definition: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

stalk 19

Definition: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

stalk 20

Definition: walk stiffly

stalk 21

Definition: go through (an area) in search of prey; "stalk the woods for deer"

stalk 22

Definition: follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"

 

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