1. A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
   "The long stalk of the sunflower bent under the weight of its heavy head";
   - stem
    
2. The act of following prey stealthily
   "The lion's stalk of the gazelle was silent and precise";
   - stalking
    
3. A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
   "The experienced hunter preferred a stalk to track the elusive deer";
   - stalking, still hunt
    
4. A stiff or threatening gait
   "He left the room with an angry stalk";
   - angry walk
    
5. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
   "The farmer used the corn stalks as mulch in his garden";
   - chaff, husk, shuck [N. Amer], straw, stubble

1. Persistently follow, pursue, or appear to someone in an unwanted and disturbing way
   "her ex-boyfriend stalked her";
   - haunt
    
2. Pursue or follow stealthily
   "stalk the woods for deer"
    
3. Walk stiffly
   "The soldier stalked across the parade ground"

Derived forms: stalked, stalks, stalking

Type of: chase, follow, gait, hunt, hunting, plant material, plant organ, plant substance, pursual, pursue, pursuit, walk

Encyclopedia: Stalk