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    stalk
    /stɔːk/

    verb

    • 1. pursue or approach stealthily: "a cat stalking a bird" Similar creep up ontrailfollowshadow
    • 2. harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention: "for five years she was stalked by a man who would taunt and threaten her"

    noun

    • 1. a stealthy pursuit of someone or something: "this time the stalk would be on foot"
    • 2. a stiff, striding gait.

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  2. the main stem of a plant, or the narrow stem that joins leaves, flowers, or fruit to the main stem of a plant: She trimmed the stalks of the tulips before putting them in a vase. a narrow structure that supports a part of the body in some animals: The eyes of shrimps are on movable stalks. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  3. The meaning of STALK is a slender upright object or supporting or connecting part; especially : peduncle. How to use stalk in a sentence.

  4. The main stem of a plant. A slender structure that supports a plant part, such as a flower or leaf. 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.

  5. the main stem of a plant, or the narrow stem that joins leaves, flowers, or fruit to the main stem of a plant: She trimmed the stalks of the tulips before putting them in a vase. a narrow structure that supports a part of the body in some animals: The eyes of shrimps are on movable stalks. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  6. 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. Even after their divorce he continued to stalk and threaten her.

  7. n. 1. a. A stem or main axis of a herbaceous plant. b. A stem or similar structure that supports a plant part such as a flower, flower cluster, or leaf. 2. A slender or elongated support or structure, as one that holds up an organ or another body part.

  8. [transitive, intransitive] stalk (something/somebody) to move slowly and quietly towards an animal or a person, in order to kill, catch or harm it or them. The lion was stalking a zebra. He stalked his victim as she walked home, before attacking and robbing her.