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.

Compare stalk with other words:

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possession vs. stalk

mouser vs. stalk

defeat vs. stalk

catmint vs. stalk

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creep vs. stalk

floscularian vs. stalk

kecksy vs. stalk

bractlet vs. stalk

ferulaceous vs. stalk

haystalk vs. stalk

cauliculus vs. stalk

carpophore vs. stalk

footstalk vs. stalk

stalk vs. stipitate

caulicle vs. stalk

pedicellaria vs. stalk

bracteole vs. stalk

eyestalk vs. stalk

pedicle vs. stalk

stalk vs. stalky

stalk vs. stalklike

lever vs. stalk

pursue vs. stalk

husk vs. stalk

grant vs. stalk

ring vs. stalk

spy vs. stalk

follow vs. stalk

stalk vs. trunk

skin vs. stalk

order vs. stalk

own vs. stalk

cat vs. stalk

stalk vs. stock

chase vs. stalk

pedicel vs. stalk

sneak vs. stalk

stalk vs. umbilicate

funiculus vs. stalk

scape vs. stalk

peduncle vs. stalk

pedunculate vs. stalk

stalk vs. stalked

beholder vs. stalk

leafstalk vs. stalk

apply vs. stalk

stalk vs. stride

march vs. stalk

match vs. stalk

bulb vs. stalk

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stalk vs. stubble

seta vs. stalk

receptacle vs. stalk

stalk vs. tiller

rib vs. stalk

broccoli vs. stalk

stalk vs. stalking

fennel vs. stalk

stalk vs. umbel

spire vs. stalk

sheaf vs. stalk

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caulis vs. stalk

sessile vs. stalk

haughtily vs. stalk

stalk vs. walk

stalk vs. stalker

harassment vs. stalk

haunt vs. stalk

grain vs. stalk

stalk vs. torus

stalk vs. stem

cane vs. stalk

puss vs. stalk

inventory vs. stalk

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