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stalked

   [stawkt]
adjective
having a stalk or stem.
Origin:
1725–35; stalk1 + -ed3

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stalk

2   [stawk]
verb (used without object)
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.
verb (used with object)
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.
noun
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.
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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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

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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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Medical Dictionary

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

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Science Dictionary
stalk   (stôk)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. The main stem of a plant.

  2. A slender structure that supports a plant part, such as a flower or leaf.

  3. 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.

  4. A slender supporting or connecting part of an animal, such as the eyestalk of a lobster.


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