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stalk
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[ verb ] walk stiffly
Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Before them stalked the beadle , proclaiming as he went , `` Thus the Council deals with those who break its laws - adulterers , thieves , murderers , and lewd persons . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)He stalked into the water and fell heavily over the side of the flat-bottomed barge , his weight nearly swamping the craft . (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)There was little enough time to contemplate them , however ; in an instant the doctor was stalking across the room with an antique ledger in his hands , thoroughly eared and big as a table_top . Related terms |
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[ verb ] follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
Synonyms Examples "her ex-boyfriend stalked her" "the ghost of her mother haunted her" Used in print (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)When the mast was raised , Alexander gave the order for Small and Cromwell to be placed under arrest , and now three figures in irons sprawled upon the open deck and terror stalked the Somers . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (botany) a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
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[ noun ] (work) a hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush
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[ verb ] go through (an area) in search of prey
Examples "stalk the woods for deer" Related terms |
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