stalk
1. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
• Syn:
chaff, husk, shuck, straw, stubble
• Derivationally related forms:
shuck (for: shuck), husk (for: husk), chaffy (for: chaff)
• Hypernyms:
plant material, plant substance
• Hyponyms:
bran
2. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
• Syn:
stem
• Hypernyms:
plant organ
• Hyponyms:
gynophore, carpophore, cornstalk, corn stalk, filament,
funicle, funiculus, petiolule, cane, sporangiophore, cutting,
slip, tuber, rhizome, rootstock, rootstalk, axis,
caudex, beanstalk, cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade,
stock, stipe, scape, flower stalk, petiole, leafstalk,
bulb, corm, branch, culm, haulm, halm,
trunk, tree trunk, bole
• Part Meronyms:
internode, receptacle, node, leaf node
3. a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
• Syn:
stalking, still hunt
• Derivationally related forms:
stalk (for: stalking)
• Hypernyms:
hunt, hunting
• Hyponyms:
deerstalking
4. the act of following prey stealthily
• Syn:
stalking
• Hypernyms:
pursuit, chase, pursual, following
5. a stiff or threatening gait
• Syn:
angry walk
• Hypernyms:
gait
1. walk stiffly (Freq. 4)
• Derivationally related forms:
stalker
• Hypernyms:
walk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- The children stalk to the playground
2. follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to (Freq. 1)
- her ex-boyfriend stalked her
- the ghost of her mother haunted her
• Syn:
haunt
• Hypernyms:
pursue, follow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. go through (an area) in search of prey
- stalk the woods for deer
• Derivationally related forms:
stalker, stalking
• Hypernyms:
pursue, follow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The men stalk the area for animals
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