What's the difference between sheaf and stalk?

Sheaf


Definition:

  • (n.) A sheave.
  • (n.) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
  • (n.) Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four.
  • (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
  • (v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Buy what you love, there is no guarantee you will make money from it,” warns Sheaf.
  • (2) They consist of cylinders of cytoplasm (about 550 A in diameter) arranged in sheafs within cisterns of the endoplasmic reticulum.
  • (3) "Ms Kanelli got up first ... hitting him unprovoked in the face with a sheaf of documents," it said.
  • (4) Birefringent needlelike crystals in rosette or wheat-sheaf-like arrangements were found in pulmonary cytology specimens from 11 of 65 patients who had either sputum cultures positive for Aspergillus or histologically confirmed pulmonary aspergilloma.
  • (5) His press officer watches attentively, holding a clipboard and a thick sheaf of documents.
  • (6) Auction houses have taken enormous strides to make it accessible for everybody.” You can view upcoming sales online and visit the auction house to talk to experts, Sheaf says.
  • (7) President Ghani is an impressive technocrat with a worked-out sheaf of projects for social and economic renewal.
  • (8) We conclude that the presence of birefringent needlelike crystals with rosette or wheat-sheaf-like arrangements in pulmonary cytology specimens is a reliable marker for the presence of Aspergillus infection, which may be detected before cultures are positive or a fungus ball is evident on X ray.
  • (9) Vaz, waving a sheaf of printed emails about cases referred to him by other MPs, revealed that he had texted the home secretary on Saturday to resolve a problem facing one of his constituents.
  • (10) Since 2009, the attorneys at the Justice Department’s pardon office have received more than 30,000 applications, each a hefty sheaf of facts, claims, counterclaims and technicalities.
  • (11) She is juggling a sheaf of worries about her children; some pressing, others less immediate but more disturbing to a mother.
  • (12) All you would need to convert them from homebrew approximations to the actual stuff is a factory, a skilled workforce, some raw materials and a sheaf of legal certifications.
  • (13) And second, it presents her as a professional woman writer; there are pens on the table, a sheaf of paper.
  • (14) Just because a coin is old, it doesn’t make it valuable.” ■ Art and antiques Investing in art and antiques might sound daunting, but Colin Sheaf, chairman of Bonhams UK and Asai, says things have changed.
  • (15) A clearer and less destructive treaty than the text that emerged would be a sheaf of blank paper, which every negotiating party solemnly sits down to sign.
  • (16) Come on kids ... [Film of the Sex Pistols in action is shown; then back to Grundy] Grundy: I am told that that group [hits his knee with sheaf of papers] have received £40,000 from a record company.
  • (17) Rather like the run that had the culture secretary state clearly at last year’s Edinburgh TV festival he had no plans to privatise Channel 4, only for a civil servant from his department to be photographed not long after with a sheaf of papers outlining the logistics of embarking on such a move.
  • (18) The round Mongolian structure has a gaily painted red door and sheafs of herbs hanging from the ceiling.
  • (19) McConnell cites a sheaf of shocking statistics: 28% of UK children (3.5 million) live in poverty; one in four eats crisps or sweets for breakfast; the same proportion has hot meals only at school; and 100,000 primary pupils a day begin classes without having eaten.
  • (20) The official photo shows the EU side on the left: two women and one man, each with a hefty sheaf of papers, a pen poised.

Stalk


Definition:

  • (n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
  • (n.) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
  • (n.) That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
  • (n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
  • (n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
  • (n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
  • (n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
  • (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
  • (n.) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
  • (v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
  • (v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.
  • (v. i.) To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.
  • (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
  • (n.) A high, proud, stately step or walk.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Regeneration and reorganization of the proximal cut end of the pituitary stalk is demonstrated in Ompok bimaculatus with the aid of in situ staining technique.
  • (2) Thus, the long stalks of Sk1 or phosphate-starved caulobacters are not merely a function of their longer doubling times.
  • (3) The mesenchyme surrounding the stalk stains positively for fibronectin.
  • (4) Do know how much stalking is too much stalking Seven pages into Google is too much.
  • (5) A rich network of fibers was observed in the median eminence coursing towards the pituitary stalk.
  • (6) ECF1 is separated from the membrane-embedded F0 by a narrow stalk approximately 40 A long and approximately 25-30 A thick.
  • (7) Hormone secretion was increased by electrical stimulation of the pituitary stalk at different frequencies.
  • (8) Furthermore, there were differences between anterior and posterior regions of both slime sheaths and stalk tubes.
  • (9) Five minutes from time a fat red shirt stalked past making the tosser sign and, for emphasis, yelling: "Fucking wankers!"
  • (10) Septal release slightly decreased during pituitary stalk stimulation, whereas it did increase during stimulation of the supraoptic region.
  • (11) It is hemispherical in shape and is located at the end of a 1.5 mm long eye stalk.
  • (12) Since such rats supposedly have a normal pigment distribution and a normal pattern of decussation at the optic chiasm, this finding appears to undermine the suggested role played by stalk melanin in establishing the laterality of retinal fibre projections in other mammalian species.
  • (13) As culmination proceeds, pstA cells transform into pstB cells by activating the ecmB gene as they enter the stalk tube.
  • (14) Other steps, such as the introduction of a national stalking helpline and national revenge pornography helpline have assisted victims.
  • (15) And we know once they leave, men will follow and stalk them.
  • (16) The ultrastructure of some aggregating microorganisms, including fungal hyphae and sheath-forming and stalked bacteria, was studied in detail, and several modes of aggregation were suggested.
  • (17) George, a loner who was said to have stalked and photographed hundreds of women, always maintained his innocence.
  • (18) • One in 10 women have been stalked by a previous partner.
  • (19) Police investigating the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University massacre, which left 33 dead, mainly students, blamed Cho, a fourth-year English student who lived on the campus, for earlier incidents ranging from stalking women to setting fire to a dormitory.
  • (20) The editor of the Spectator stalks the corridors reminding all and sundry that the national debt will have risen far faster and higher under Cameron than under Labour in 13 years.