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stalk

/stɔk/noun, verb1 syllable

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

Synonyms for stalk11

noun, as in material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

chaff, husk, shuck, straw, stubble

noun, as in a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush

stalking, still hunt

noun, as in a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

stem

noun, as in the act of following prey stealthily

stalking

noun, as in a stiff or threatening gait

angry walk

verb, as in follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to

haunt

also used for stalk

footstalk

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What does stalk mean?8

noun

1

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

2

a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush

3

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

4

the act of following prey stealthily

5

a stiff or threatening gait

verb

1

follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to“her ex-boyfriend stalked her”

2

walk stiffly

3

go through (an area) in search of prey“stalk the woods for deer”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with stalk?3

one syllable

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Stalk in a sentence

  • The plant, we call it asphodel and its stem, the flower stalk.AmarMecheri
  • Celery root and celery stalks are both edible, as are beets and beet greens.Reza_
  • The stalk is a little bigger around than your little finger.CK
  • The gracious lady seemed like a flower that was rather stiff in the stalk.Hybrid
  • All she left of the apple was the stalk.sundown
  • Around the corner was a field full of golden stalks of wheat.Dejo
  • Oh, the rice stalk is sticking up in the tea. Something good might happen.WestofEden
  • Ziri used blank accounts to stalk Rima online.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of stalk

as a noun

plural
stalks

as a verb

past tense
stalked
present participle
stalking
third-person singular
stalks
past participle
stalked