Stalk
noun
The main stem of a plant.
The plant's stalk is very thick.
Often appears as...
- stalk of corn
- stalk of celery
verb
To pursue or approach stealthily.
A lion stalks its prey.
Often appears as...
- stalk the prey
- stalk in the darkness
noun
A slender support for an organ or structure.
The stalk of a mushroom supports the cap.
Often appears as...
- stalk of a leaf
- mushroom stalk
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To walk with long deliberate steps.
He stalks out of the room in anger.
Often appears as...
- stalk across the room
- stalk out of the room
verb
To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.
He was arrested for stalking his ex-girlfriend.
Often appears as...
- stalk a person
- stalk on social media
noun
The main stem of a plant.
The plant's stalk is very thick.
Often appears as...
- stalk of corn
- stalk of celery
verb
To pursue or approach stealthily.
A lion stalks its prey.
Often appears as...
- stalk the prey
- stalk in the darkness
noun
A slender support for an organ or structure.
The stalk of a mushroom supports the cap.
Often appears as...
- stalk of a leaf
- mushroom stalk
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To walk with long deliberate steps.
He stalks out of the room in anger.
Often appears as...
- stalk across the room
- stalk out of the room
verb
To follow or observe (a person) persistently, especially out of obsession or derangement.
He was arrested for stalking his ex-girlfriend.
Often appears as...
- stalk a person
- stalk on social media
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Pro Tip 1/3Part of Plant
Used to describe the main support of a plant, less common for trees.
She carefully measured the stalk of the sunflower.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Strength
Implies that the plant can support weight, like a flower's head.
The stalk seemed strong enough to hold the heavy bloom.
Pro Tip 3/3Edibility Context
It sometimes refers to a part that can be eaten, as with celery.
Chop the celery stalk into small pieces for the salad.
Pro Tip 1/3Part of Plant
Used to describe the main support of a plant, less common for trees.
She carefully measured the stalk of the sunflower.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Strength
Implies that the plant can support weight, like a flower's head.
The stalk seemed strong enough to hold the heavy bloom.
Pro Tip 3/3Edibility Context
It sometimes refers to a part that can be eaten, as with celery.
Chop the celery stalk into small pieces for the salad.
Pro Tip 1/3Part of Plant
Used to describe the main support of a plant, less common for trees.
She carefully measured the stalk of the sunflower.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Strength
Implies that the plant can support weight, like a flower's head.
The stalk seemed strong enough to hold the heavy bloom.
Pro Tip 3/3Edibility Context
It sometimes refers to a part that can be eaten, as with celery.
Chop the celery stalk into small pieces for the salad.
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How to fix a broken...
You have to recognize that, as compelling as the urge is, with every trip down memory lane, every text you send, every second you spend stalking your ex on social media, you are just feeding your addiction, deepening your emotional pain and complicating your recovery.
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Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
spend most of their time on the ground walking around in search of prey nesting pairs will make for life and will be seen stalking together when raising chicks when hunting they use their exceptionally long legs to strike their prey delivering a fatal blow with a
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How parasites change...
Within several weeks, the stalk shoots off spores, which turn more ants into six-legged leaf-seeking zombies. One of humanity's most deadly assailants is a behavior-altering parasite, though if it's any consolation, it's not our brains that are being hijacked.
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Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
it can start developing. That's how the life cycle continues. This is an ant that has been infected by 'Ophiocordyceps'. And this fungus, it gets the ant to crawl up the stalk of a plant out till the end of a leaf and it kills the ant there
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Vampires: Folklore,...
As we saw, maybe you met my relatives, a huge of variety of creatures stalked the night before Dracula, and many more will continue to creep through our nightmares. Yet, so long as they subsist off a living being's life force,
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Jesus Christ Lizard PIPE...
territorial male it has nothing to do with the feeding habits of the basilisk which consists primarily of insects and berries this predatory reptile will help reveal the secret as it stalks the young basilisk
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Let’s put compassion...
fear of an unknown future unabated fear stalks learning in its tracks because we are all emotional beings and so it's the courage to care even when caring is the hard choice that helps us
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The science of stage...
Palms sweaty, heart racing, stomach in knots. You can't cry for help. Not only is your throat too tight to breathe, but it'd be so embarrassing. No, you aren't being stalked by a monster,
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What you don't know...
to find that one special person that you can annoy for the rest of your life? Well, researchers spend billions of your tax dollars trying to figure that out. They stalk blissful couples
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World’s Grumpiest Cat I...
one of the shortest legs of any cat and that helps by giving them a low profile when stalking but it's not so good for wading through deep snow
Video examples
How to fix a broken...
You have to recognize that, as compelling as the urge is, with every trip down memory lane, every text you send, every second you spend stalking your ex on social media, you are just feeding your addiction, deepening your emotional pain and complicating your recovery.
Video examples
Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
spend most of their time on the ground walking around in search of prey nesting pairs will make for life and will be seen stalking together when raising chicks when hunting they use their exceptionally long legs to strike their prey delivering a fatal blow with a
Video examples
How parasites change...
Within several weeks, the stalk shoots off spores, which turn more ants into six-legged leaf-seeking zombies. One of humanity's most deadly assailants is a behavior-altering parasite, though if it's any consolation, it's not our brains that are being hijacked.
Video examples
Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
it can start developing. That's how the life cycle continues. This is an ant that has been infected by 'Ophiocordyceps'. And this fungus, it gets the ant to crawl up the stalk of a plant out till the end of a leaf and it kills the ant there
Video examples
Vampires: Folklore,...
As we saw, maybe you met my relatives, a huge of variety of creatures stalked the night before Dracula, and many more will continue to creep through our nightmares. Yet, so long as they subsist off a living being's life force,
Video examples
Jesus Christ Lizard PIPE...
territorial male it has nothing to do with the feeding habits of the basilisk which consists primarily of insects and berries this predatory reptile will help reveal the secret as it stalks the young basilisk
Video examples
Let’s put compassion...
fear of an unknown future unabated fear stalks learning in its tracks because we are all emotional beings and so it's the courage to care even when caring is the hard choice that helps us
Video examples
The science of stage...
Palms sweaty, heart racing, stomach in knots. You can't cry for help. Not only is your throat too tight to breathe, but it'd be so embarrassing. No, you aren't being stalked by a monster,
Video examples
What you don't know...
to find that one special person that you can annoy for the rest of your life? Well, researchers spend billions of your tax dollars trying to figure that out. They stalk blissful couples
Video examples
World’s Grumpiest Cat I...
one of the shortest legs of any cat and that helps by giving them a low profile when stalking but it's not so good for wading through deep snow
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Quote examples
Ian Axel
American Musician
We met because Chad was in one of my classes, and I was looking for someone to write music with. I knew that he wrote his own music, and he seemed nice, so I found out he was going to be in a practice room, practicing his trumpet. He'd already said he was too busy to hang out or hear any new people or work on any music, so I stalked him.
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
American Psychologist
For years, I have been stalked by a bad reputation. Actually, I have been pursued by people who have regarded me as the 'Death and Dying' Lady. They believe that having spent more than three decades in research into death and life after death qualifies me as an expert on the subject. I think they miss the point.
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Roy Cooper
American Politician
Stalking brings fear, uncertainty, and violence into the lives of victims. Public awareness is a crucial step forward in protecting women and men from stalking and intimate partner violence.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
As soon as I go out into the world, I belong, in a way, to everyone else. It's legal to follow me. It's legal to stalk me at the beach. And I can't call the police or ask them to leave.
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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.
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Seth Rollins
American Wrestler
Don't get me wrong - our fanbase is super passionate, and I love them, but there's a difference between stalking me at the airport and just happening to see me.
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Lisa Madigan
American Public Servant
Stalking is a crime that can paralyze an otherwise productive person with fear.
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Kim Rhodes
American Actress
I have some very dear friends I stalk consistently when I come home.
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
Are you stalking me? Because that would be super.
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Patricia Cornwell
American Writer
I've been stalked.
Quote examples
Ian Axel
American Musician
We met because Chad was in one of my classes, and I was looking for someone to write music with. I knew that he wrote his own music, and he seemed nice, so I found out he was going to be in a practice room, practicing his trumpet. He'd already said he was too busy to hang out or hear any new people or work on any music, so I stalked him.
Quote examples
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
American Psychologist
For years, I have been stalked by a bad reputation. Actually, I have been pursued by people who have regarded me as the 'Death and Dying' Lady. They believe that having spent more than three decades in research into death and life after death qualifies me as an expert on the subject. I think they miss the point.
Quote examples
Roy Cooper
American Politician
Stalking brings fear, uncertainty, and violence into the lives of victims. Public awareness is a crucial step forward in protecting women and men from stalking and intimate partner violence.
Quote examples
Lady Gaga
American Singer
As soon as I go out into the world, I belong, in a way, to everyone else. It's legal to follow me. It's legal to stalk me at the beach. And I can't call the police or ask them to leave.
Quote examples
Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.
Quote examples
Seth Rollins
American Wrestler
Don't get me wrong - our fanbase is super passionate, and I love them, but there's a difference between stalking me at the airport and just happening to see me.
Quote examples
Lisa Madigan
American Public Servant
Stalking is a crime that can paralyze an otherwise productive person with fear.
Quote examples
Kim Rhodes
American Actress
I have some very dear friends I stalk consistently when I come home.
Quote examples
Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
Are you stalking me? Because that would be super.
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Patricia Cornwell
American Writer
I've been stalked.
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