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Definitions for Stalk

[1] the stem or main axis of a plant.
[2] any slender supporting or connecting part of a plant, as the petiole of a leaf, the peduncle of a flower, or the funicle of an ovule.
[3] a similar structural part of an animal.
[4] a stem, shaft, or slender supporting part of anything.
[5] Automotive . a slender lever, usually mounted on or near the steering wheel, that is used by the driver to control a signal or function: The horn button is on the turn-signal stalk.
[6] to pursue or approach prey, quarry, etc., stealthily.
[7] to walk with measured, stiff, or haughty strides: He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye.
[8] to proceed in a steady, deliberate, or sinister manner: Famine stalked through the nation.
[9] Obsolete . to walk or go stealthily along.
[10] to pursue (game, a person, etc.) stealthily.
[11] to proceed through (an area) in search of prey or quarry: to stalk the woods for game.
[12] to proceed or spread through in a steady or sinister manner: Disease stalked the land.
[13] an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
[14] a slow, stiff stride or gait.
[15] the main stem of a herbaceous plant
[16] any of various subsidiary plant stems, such as a leafstalk (petiole) or flower stalk (peduncle)
[17] a slender supporting structure in animals such as crinoids and certain protozoans, coelenterates, and barnacles
[18] any long slender supporting shaft or column
[19] to follow or approach (game, prey, etc) stealthily and quietly
[20] to pursue persistently and, sometimes, attack (a person with whom one is obsessed, often a celebrity)
[21] to spread over (a place) in a menacing or grim manner fever stalked the camp
[22] (intr) to walk in a haughty, stiff, or threatening way he stalked out in disgust
[23] to search or draw (a piece of land) for prey
[24] the act of stalking
[25] a stiff or threatening stride

Words related to Stalk

twig, trunk, pursue, hunt, haunt, stride, ambush, chase, shaft, bent, support, spire, upright, spike, helm, axis, pedicle, pedicel, reed, pace

Words nearby Stalk

stalinism, stalinist, stalino, stalinogrod, stalinsk, stalk, stalk-eyed, stalked, stalked puffball, stalker, stalking

Origin of Stalk

21250–1300; Middle English stalken (v.), representing the base of Old English bestealcian to move stealthily, stealcung stalking (gerund); akin to steal

Other words from Stalk

stalk·like , adjective
stalk·a·ble , adjective
stalk·er , noun

Word origin for Stalk

Old English bestealcian to walk stealthily; related to Middle Low German stolkeren , Danish stalke

Synonyms for Stalk

trunk, twig, axis, bent, helm, pedicel, pedicle, reed, shaft, spike, spire, support, upright