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Definition & Synonyms
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• Stalk
- (n.) The act or process of stalking.
- (n.) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
- (n.) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
- (n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
- (n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
- (v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
- (n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
- (n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
- (n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
- (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
- (n.) A high, proud, stately step or walk.
- (v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.
- (n.) That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
- (v. i.) To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.
- (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
Synonyms:
Chaff, Haunt, Husk, Shuck, Stalking, Stem, Straw, Stubble,
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• Stalk-eyed
- (a.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans.
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• Stalking
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stalk
Synonyms:
Stalk,
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