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- DictionaryStalk/stôk/
verb
- 1. pursue or approach stealthily: "a cat stalking a bird"
- 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.
The meaning of STALK is a slender upright object or supporting or connecting part; especially : peduncle. How to use stalk in a sentence.
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.
noun. the stem or main axis of a plant. 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. a similar structural part of an animal.
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.
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.
A stalk is a long, vertical stem or connecting part of a plant. When you eat celery, do you like the inner stalks, which are paler and more tender, or the tough outer ones?
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.
to follow a person or animal closely and secretly, often to try to catch or attack them: She claimed that the man had been stalking her for a month. stalk out/off, etc. to walk in an angry or proud way: She stalked out of the restaurant.
stalk. verb. /stɔk/. Verb Forms. [transitive, intransitive] stalk (something/somebody) to move slowly and quietly toward 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.
There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb stalk, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
