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stalk1 / stôk/ • n. the main stem of a herbaceous plant: he chewed a stalk of grass. ∎ the slender attachment or support of a leaf, flower, or fruit: the acorns grow on stalks. ∎ a similar support for a sessile animal, or for an organ in an animal. ∎ a slender support or stem of something: drinking glasses with long stalks. DERIVATIVES: stalked adj. [in comb.] rough-stalked meadow grass. stalk·less adj. stalk·like / -ˌlīk/ adj. stalk·y adj. stalk2 • v. 1. [tr.] pursue or approach stealthily: a cat stalking a bird. ∎ harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention: for five years she was stalked by a man who would taunt and threaten her. ∎ chiefly poetic/lit. move silently or threateningly through (a place): the tiger stalks the jungle | fig. fear stalked the camp. 2. [intr.] stride somewhere in a proud, stiff, or angry manner: without another word she turned and stalked out. • n. 1. a stealthy pursuit of someone or something. 2. a stiff, striding gait. |
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"stalk." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "stalk." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-stalk.html "stalk." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-stalk.html |
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stalk2 †walk stealthily OE.; pursue game by method of stealthy approach XIV (trans. XIX); walk with stiff measured steps XVI. Late OE. *stealcian (repr. in bistealcian and vbl. sb. stealcung) :- *stalkōjan, frequent. f. *stal-, *stel- STEAL.
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T. F. HOAD. "stalk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "stalk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-stalk1.html T. F. HOAD. "stalk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-stalk1.html |
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stalk1 slender stem of plant or flower. XIV. prob dim. of ME. stale, OE. stalu side of a ladder, stave, rel. to OE. stela stalk, support; cf. WFlem. stalke(n), Norw. dial. stalk
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T. F. HOAD. "stalk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "stalk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-stalk.html T. F. HOAD. "stalk." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-stalk.html |
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stalk. In the Corinthian capital, the representation of a stem, sometimes with flutes, from which the volutes rise.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "stalk." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "stalk." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-stalk.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "stalk." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-stalk.html |
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Stalkof foresters: company of foresters—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486. |
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"Stalk." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Stalk." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301474.html "Stalk." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301474.html |
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•auk, baulk, Bork, caulk (US calk), chalk, cork, dork, Dundalk, Falk, fork, gawk, hawk, Hawke, nork, orc, outwalk, pork, squawk, stalk, stork, talk, torc, torque, walk, york
•pitchfork • nighthawk • goshawk
•mohawk • sparrowhawk • tomahawk
•back talk • peptalk • beanstalk
•sweet-talk • crosstalk • small talk
•smooth-talk • catwalk • jaywalk
•cakewalk • space walk
•sheep walk, sleepwalk
•skywalk • sidewalk • crosswalk
•boardwalk • rope-walk
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"stalk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "stalk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-stalk.html "stalk." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-stalk.html |
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