[stawk] 
,| 1. | the stem or main axis of a plant. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | a similar structural part of an animal. |
| 4. | a stem, shaft, or slender supporting part of anything. |
| 5. | Automotive. a slender lever, usually mounted on or near the steering wheel, that is used by the driver to control a signal or function: The horn button is on the turn-signal stalk. |
[stawk] ,| 1. | to pursue or approach prey, quarry, etc., stealthily. |
| 2. | to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides: He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye. |
| 3. | to proceed in a steady, deliberate, or sinister manner: Famine stalked through the nation. |
| 4. | Obsolete. to walk or go stealthily along. |
| 5. | to pursue (game, a person, etc.) stealthily. |
| 6. | to proceed through (an area) in search of prey or quarry: to stalk the woods for game. |
| 7. | to proceed or spread through in a steady or sinister manner: Disease stalked the land. |
| 8. | an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk. |
| 9. | a slow, stiff stride or gait. |
| stalk 1 (stôk) n.
[Middle English, probably diminutive of stale, upright of a ladder, post, handle, from Old English stalu; see stel- in Indo-European roots.] stalk'y adj. |
| stalk 2 (stôk) v. stalked, stalk·ing, stalks v. intr.
[Middle English stalken, from Old English -stealcian, to move stealthily (in bestealcian).] stalk'er n. |
stalk (stôk)
n.
A slender or elongated support or structure, as one that connects or supports an organ.
