stalk

Nouns

  • (n) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds chaff, husk, shuck, stubble, straw,
  • (n) a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ stem,
  • (n) a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush stalking, still hunt,
  • (n) the act of following prey stealthily stalking,
  • (n) a stiff or threatening gait angry walk,

Verbs

  • (v) walk stiffly
  • (v) follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
    • her ex-boyfriend stalked her
    • the ghost of her mother haunted her
    haunt,
  • (v) go through (an area) in search of prey
    • stalk the woods for deer

Synonyms

chaff husk shuck stubble straw haunt stem stalking still hunt angry walk

Words of close approximity

stale stall
stab stag star stay
stack Stael staff stage stagy staid stain stair stake stale stall stamp stand staph stare stark Starr start stash state stave stays
stalked stalked puffball stalker stalking stalking-horse stalkless