stalk
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1. stalk - Noun
2. stalk - Verb
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The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.
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.
To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
A high, proud, stately step or walk.
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Value, therefore, does not stalk about with a label describing what it is.
Maidens withering on the stalk.
Until you stalk and overrun, you cannot devour anyone. -Hobbes.
The immature rice stalk stands erect, while the mature stalk, heavy with grain, bends over.
Danger and delight grow on one stalk.
Envy and greed grow on the same stalk.