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[stawk]

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noun

the stem or main axis of a plant.

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.

a similar structural part of an animal.

a stem, shaft, or slender supporting part of anything.

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.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English stalke, apparently equivalent to Old English stal(u) stave + -k diminutive suffix

Related forms

stalk·like, adjective

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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Example Sentences

Choose the smallest and smoothest roots and avoid those that are soft on the stalk end or have mushy spots.

Unless firms learn to adjust their output to their real market, deflation will stalk industry for a long time to come.

They have poor eyesight, and stalk prey using chemical receptors in their tongues and heat-sensors along the jaws.

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Choose the smallest and smoothest roots and avoid those that are soft on the stalk end or have mushy spots.

Unless firms learn to adjust their output to their real market, deflation will stalk industry for a long time to come.

They have poor eyesight, and stalk prey using chemical receptors in their tongues and heat-sensors along the jaws.

After the stalk has flowered and borne fruit, it dies.

Look for fresh, locally grown sprouts-still on the stalk is best-with tightly closed leaves.

It's also a skinnier, leafier, leggier broccoli with tiny green flower buds at the stalk tips.

Jumping spiders have acute vision which helps them stalk prey.

Sometimes, men who have been rejected by women stalk to get revenge.

Like their wild relatives, domestic cats are natural hunters able to stalk prey and pounce with sharp claws and teeth.

He was fine, but his brain lacked a corpus callosum, the wrist-thick stalk that normally connects the brain's hemispheres.

I've never had a zero-calorie dessert that could compare to the simple sucrose rush of chewing on a stalk of sugarcane.

Peel off tough outer layers and mince tender inner stalk.

It has a boomerang-shaped base and a long, bent stalk which attaches to an iPad case by way of an articulating joint.

They also take to the trees and stalk monkeys or birds.

The serial killer spends a lot of time and effort to find, stalk and kill strangers.

In winter, virtually stemless seed balls are carried three to seven along a single stalk.

First, the infamous triple turn signal stalk that's appeared across the lineup has got to go.

The stalk is supported by pressure created by their pump, according to the scientists.

Notable difference is that each long flower stalk bears a small bud more add to my plant list enlarge.

When they stalk spitting spiders, portia spiders approach from behind to avoid getting caught up in the sticky, venomous spit.

The solitary, nodding flower with an unpleasant odor rises on a stalk above a whorl of three broadly ovate, diamond-shaped leaves.

The steering column was crumbling where the turn signal stalk was.

One to five pale to golden yellow flowers hang at end of a stalk that grows from between two broadly lanceolate basal leaves.

When it sights prey, the cheetah often begins to stalk.

Stare into the eye of the tiger and stalk the night with a jaguar in this game.

They swim with sharks, confront venomous snakes, and stalk hungry lions.

Soon fish get feet and four-legged creatures stalk the planet.

By night, they're ruthless hunters that stalk their prey with a keen sense of sight and smell.

We also thought it might stalk some impala, but she wasn't hungry.

The valiha is a tubular harp made from a large bamboo stalk and bicycle brake cable strings.

Millions of outdoor cats stalk exhausted migrants as they land.

Spain travels the globe in search of mythical creatures that stalk our wildernesses.

They stare at her in horror/disgust, and do their best to stalk away with dignity, while she nips at them.

Those old demons of corruption and tribalism already stalk the southern land.

They band together and stalk prey such as zebras or.

Impressive, sometimes colorful, flower stalk emerges from the rosette's center looking something like.

Mullein, whose tall stalk is topped by a candle-shaped clump of yellow flowers, thrives on adversity.

There must come a point where plants can no longer be sardined any closer together, stalk crushed against stalk.

Slender green stalk with small purple bell-shaped flowers.

Unlike their larger siblings, whose higher placement on the stalk exposes them to the sun, baby artichokes are rendered.

The cotton land has been leached of nearly all the manure, and the stalk has run to weed and.

Predators could use the profiles to stalk individuals.

Saute the onion, garlic, carrot and chopped celery stalk until soft and golden.

Puritanism continues to stalk the country in new guises.

Anyone who wanted to talk to them had to stalk them.

But the choreography required these men to do no more than stalk about and throw themselves into vague allegorical fits.

Watch this medium-sized wild cat stalk a family of pacas.

To encourage a second crop, cut off main stalk an inch above ground after harvesting the last bud of the first.

It turns out, though, that it's not so easy to do the chemistry that transforms a corn stalk into a liquid fuel that works.

In this made-for-television drama, a man's life falls completely to pieces when an obsessed woman begins to stalk him.

Myxomas often come in the shape of a mushroom, attached by its stalk to the inside of the heart.

The elusive, spotted-coat cats secretly stalk their.

The idea is that the plants will root and make potatoes on any part of the stalk that is underground.

In this world of absolutes, predators stalk their next prey, gang commanders.

They are skillful hunters that stalk their prey on the ground and from branches of trees.

And he was traveling with a long, roughly shaped stalk of yew-an unfinished longbow, yet to be notched and strung.

In the evening you'll head out on nocturnal safari drives in search of big predators that stalk the darkness.

Some come to escape the lowland heat, others to stalk exotic quetzals or explore the mountain trails on foot or horseback.

Bananas were hung there, still clinging to their stalk.

They secretly stalk prey, then leap and attack when the time seems right.

Cut the tough stalk ends off the asparagus and discard them.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used without object)

to pursue or approach prey, quarry, etc., stealthily.

to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides: He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye.

to proceed in a steady, deliberate, or sinister manner: Famine stalked through the nation.

Obsolete. to walk or go stealthily along.

verb (used with object)

to pursue (game, a person, etc.) stealthily.

to proceed through (an area) in search of prey or quarry: to stalk the woods for game.

to proceed or spread through in a steady or sinister manner: Disease stalked the land.

noun

an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.

a slow, stiff stride or gait.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English stalken (v.), representing the base of Old English bestealcian to move stealthily, stealcung stalking (gerund); akin to steal

Related forms

stalk·a·ble, adjective

stalk·er, noun

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World English Dictionary

stalk¹ (stɔːk)

—n
1.	the main stem of a herbaceous plant
2.	any of various subsidiary plant stems, such as a leafstalk (petiole) or flower stalk (peduncle)
3.	a slender supporting structure in animals such as crinoids and certain protozoans, coelenterates, and barnacles
4.	any long slender supporting shaft or column

[C14: probably a diminutive formed from Old English stalu upright piece of wood; related to Old Frisian staal handle]

stalked¹

—*adj*

'stalkless¹

—*adj*

'stalklike¹

—*adj*

stalk² (stɔːk)

—vb
1.	to follow or approach (game, prey, etc) stealthily and quietly
2.	to pursue persistently and, sometimes, attack (a person with whom one is obsessed, often a celebrity)
3.	to spread over (a place) in a menacing or grim manner: fever stalked the camp
4.	(intr) to walk in a haughty, stiff, or threatening way: he stalked out in disgust
5.	to search or draw (a piece of land) for prey

—n
6.	the act of stalking
7.	a stiff or threatening stride

[Old English bestealcian to walk stealthily; related to Middle Low German stolkeren, Danish stalke]

'stalker²

—n

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Word Origin & History

stalk

"stem of a plant," early 14c., probably a dim. (with -k suffix) of stale "one of the uprights of a ladder, handle, stalk," from O.E. stalu "wooden part" (as of a harp), from P.Gmc. *stalo; related to O.E. steala "stalk, support," and steall "place" (see stall (2)).

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stalk

"pursue stealthily," O.E. -stealcian, as in bestealcian "to steal along," from P.Gmc. *stalkojanan, probably from a frequentative of the root of steal (cf. hark from hear, talk from tell). Or it may be from a sense of stalk (v.1), influenced by

stalk (n.). Meaning "harass obsessively" first recorded 1991. Stalker earlier meant "a poacher" (1424) and "one who prowls for purposes of theft" (1508). A stalking-horse was lit. a horse trained to allow a fowler to conceal himself behind it to get within range of the game; fig. sense of "person who participates in a proceeding to disguise its real purpose" is recorded from 1612.

stalk

"walk haughtily" (opposite meaning of stalk (v1.)) is 1530, perhaps from stalk (n.) with a notion of "long, awkward strides," or from O.E. stealcung "a stalking," related to stealc "steep, lofty."

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

stalk (stôk)
n.
A slender or elongated support or structure, as one that connects or supports an organ.

American Heritage

Science Dictionary

stalk (stôk) Pronunciation Key

The main stem of a plant.
A slender structure that supports a plant part, such as a flower or leaf.
A slender supporting structure in certain other organisms, such as the reproductive structure in plasmodial slime molds or the part of a mushroom below the cap.
A slender supporting or connecting part of an animal, such as the eyestalk of a lobster.

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