ALL meanings of stalk
stalk
S s - noun stalk an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk. 1
- noun stalk a slow, stiff stride or gait. 1
- verb without object stalk to pursue or approach prey, quarry, etc., stealthily. 1
- verb without object stalk to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides: He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye. 1
- verb without object stalk to proceed in a steady, deliberate, or sinister manner: Famine stalked through the nation. 1
- verb without object stalk Obsolete. to walk or go stealthily along. 1
- verb with object stalk to pursue (game, a person, etc.) stealthily. 1
- verb with object stalk to proceed through (an area) in search of prey or quarry: to stalk the woods for game. 1
- verb with object stalk to proceed or spread through in a steady or sinister manner: Disease stalked the land. 1
- countable noun stalk The stalk of a flower, leaf, or fruit is the thin part that joins it to the plant or tree. 0
- verb stalk If you stalk a person or a wild animal, you follow them quietly in order to kill them, catch them, or observe them carefully. 0
- verb stalk If someone stalks someone else, especially a famous person or a person they used to have a relationship with, they keep following them or contacting them in an annoying and frightening way. 0
- verb stalk If you stalk somewhere, you walk there in a stiff, proud, or angry way. 0
- verb stalk If you say that something bad such as death, fear, or evil stalks a place, you mean it is there. 0
- noun stalk the main stem of a herbaceous plant 0
- noun stalk any of various subsidiary plant stems, such as a leafstalk (petiole) or flower stalk (peduncle) 0
- noun stalk a slender supporting structure in animals such as crinoids and certain protozoans, coelenterates, and barnacles 0
- noun stalk any long slender supporting shaft or column 0
- verb stalk to follow or approach (game, prey, etc) stealthily and quietly 0
- verb stalk to pursue persistently and, sometimes, attack (a person with whom one is obsessed, often a celebrity) 0
- verb stalk to spread over (a place) in a menacing or grim manner 0
- verb stalk to walk in a haughty, stiff, or threatening way 0
- verb stalk to search or draw (a piece of land) for prey 0
- noun stalk the act of stalking 0
- noun stalk a stiff or threatening stride 0
- intransitive verb stalk to walk in a stiff, haughty, or grim manner 0
- intransitive verb stalk to advance or spread grimly 0
- intransitive verb stalk to pursue or approach game, an enemy, etc. stealthily, as from cover 0
- intransitive verb stalk to walk or move along stealthily or furtively 0
- verb transitive stalk to pursue or approach (game, prey, etc.) stealthily 0
- verb transitive stalk to stalk through 0
- verb transitive stalk to follow or pursue (another person) persistently in a harassing and, typically, obsessive way 0
- noun stalk a slow, stiff, haughty, or grim stride 0
- noun stalk the act of stalking game, an enemy, etc. 0
- noun stalk any stem or stemlike part, as a slender rod, shaft, or support 0
- noun stalk the main stem or axis of a plant 0
- noun stalk a lengthened part of a plant on which an organ grows or is supported, as the petiole of a leaf, the peduncle of a flower, etc. 0
- noun stalk a lengthened support for an animal organ 0
- noun stalk a similar structure supporting a whole animal body, as the peduncle of a goose barnacle 0