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Meaning of stalk in English
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stalk verb (FOLLOW)
He had stalked her for several months before he was arrested.
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- followFollow me - this way!
- tag alongDo you mind if my little brother tags along?
- chaseHe was running and the dog was chasing him.
- pursueThe robber was pursued by several members of the public.
- tailThe car was tailed by police for several hours.
- shadowThe police think the robbers shadowed their victims for days before the crime.
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stalk verb (WALK)
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(Definition of stalk from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
stalk | American Dictionary
stalk noun [C] (PLANT PART)
stalk verb (FOLLOW)
stalk verb (WALK)
(Definition of stalk from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of stalk
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All third instars reared on cane stalks were alive at 16 weeks.
In both these works, small speakers are mounted on walls in plant-like configurations with the loudspeaker wires resembling stalks.
Further, the actions of animals are clearly intentional, as when an animal stalks its prey.
They are, however, useful to workers attempting to support and advise victims of stalking.
Chapters 6, 7 and 8 are most probably irrelevant to current victims of stalking and will only serve to relive their trauma.
The stalks and leaves have relatively straight outlines and characteristic angles and intersections between the outlines.
While her limbs remained strong, the long-toothed specter of dementia had stalked up behind her and taken her hostage.
Of the total biomass produced, approximately 15% is food (millet grain) and 85% can be regarded as potential feed (millet leaves, stalks and threshed panicles).
The number of stalks showing borer damage, as indicated by bored internodes, was recorded.
There were no significant differences in the rate of pupation between watering stalks daily and doing so every other day.
There was strong globular immunoreactivity at the end of labeled stalks of putative horizontal cell processes.
A bamboo-like reed which grows in tall separate stalks and which is used for thatching roofs and making baskets.
In these p lants o nly t he flowers d istal to a damaged region on inflorescence stalks were considered lost.
Hydration of larvae was also probably achieved via active uptake of water applied topically or through the stalks.
Samples were taken from the bottom, middle and top of each heap of stalks.
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A white line or spot is also visible on the eye stalk.
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The pollen sacs are confused with anthers and the term ' petiole ' is used for flower stalk which should be ' pedicel'.
The flowers are arranged in umbels (i.e. the flower-stalks or pedicels radiate from a single point); each umbel has a long stalk or peduncle.
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Translations of stalk
in Chinese (Traditional)
（植物的）莖，稈, （葉或果實的）柄，蒂, （花）梗…
in Chinese (Simplified)
（植物的）茎，杆, （叶或果实的）柄，蒂, （花）梗…
in Spanish
tallo, pedúnculo, tallo [masculine…
in Portuguese
talo, haste, perseguir…
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peşine düşmek, gizli gizli izlemek, avına sinsice yaklaşmak…
tige [feminine], tige, marcher avec raideur…
stengel, schrijden, rondwaren…
batang, berjalan, menyebar…
ลำต้น, เดินอาด ๆ, แผ่กระจาย…
thân, cuống, đi hiên ngang…
prześladować, śledzić, łodyga…
stjälk, skrida, smyga sig…
batang, berjalan, menyebar…
der Stengel, staken, umgehen…
stilk [masculine], stilk, stengel…
стебло, черешок, гордо виступати…
stelo, gambo, (camminare impettito)…
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