Meaning

The stem or main axis of a plant..

Definitions by Sense

1. The stem or main axis of a plant.
2. The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
3. Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
4. (architecture) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
5. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
6. A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.
7. The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
8. The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

Example Sentences

a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats;  the stalks of maize or hemp

Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.

grape stalks

they appear to be made up of little Bladders , like those in the Plume or Stalk of a Quill

As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is cruelly like to stalking a deer.

But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.

My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.

villages stalked by the threat of famine

Word Forms

• stalks
• stalking
• stalked

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When Should You Use Stalk?

Use stalk when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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