stalk
noun
[ stɔːk ]
• the main stem of a herbaceous plant.
• "he chewed a stalk of grass"
Similar:
stem,
shoot,
trunk,
stock,
cane,
bine,
bent,
haulm,
straw,
reed,
branch,
bough,
twig,
pedicel,
peduncle,
petiole,
phyllode,
scape,
seta,
stipe,
caudex,
axis,
Origin:
Middle English: probably a diminutive of dialect stale ‘rung of a ladder, long handle’.
stalk
verb
• pursue or approach stealthily.
• "a cat stalking a bird"
Similar:
creep up on,
trail,
follow,
shadow,
track down,
go after,
be after,
dog,
hound,
course,
hunt,
pursue,
chase,
give chase to,
run after,
tail,
• stride somewhere in a proud, stiff, or angry manner.
• "without another word she turned and stalked out"
stalk
noun
• a stealthy pursuit of someone or something.
• "this time the stalk would be on foot"
• a stiff, striding gait.
Origin:
late Old English -stealcian (in bistealcian ‘walk cautiously or stealthily’), of Germanic origin; related to steal.
