1 a thin stem that supports a leaf, flower or fruit and joins it to another part of the plant or tree; the main stem of a plant:
flowers on long stalks * celery stalks * He ate the apple, stalk and all.
2 a long thin structure that supports sth, especially an organ in some animals, and joins it on to another part:
Crabs and lobsters have eyes on stalks.
Part of speech: verb
1 to move slowly and quietly towards an animal or a person, in order to kill, catch or harm it or them:
[VN] The lion was stalking a zebra. * He stalked his victim as she walked home, before attacking and robbing her. [also V]
2 [VN] to illegally follow and watch sb over a long period of time, in a way that is annoying or frightening:
She claimed that he had been stalking her over a period of three years.
3 [V+adv./prep.] to walk in an angry or proud way:
He stalked off without a word. * The actress stalked out of a press conference when asked if she had a weight problem.
4 (written) to move through a place in an unpleasant or threatening way:
[VN] The gunmen stalked the building, looking for victims. * (figurative) Fear stalks the streets of the city at night. [also V]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for stalk is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is stalk a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, stalk is tagged as noun.
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