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Meanings of stalk in English

Portuguese
palha
Catalan
boll
Spanish
gluma

Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.

palha
Portuguese
stalking
Catalan
aguait

A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush.

stalking
Portuguese
caule
Catalan
canya
Spanish
tallo

A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ.

caule
Portuguese
aparacer como se fosse fantasma
Catalan
sotjar
Spanish
acechar

Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to.

aparacer como se fosse fantasma
Usage of stalk in English
1
I stalk the area outside Wuher's cantina and hear a fight within.
From a Certain Point of View
2
It's fresh, picked right off the stalk a couple of days ago.
Swan Song
3
Add the lemongrass stalk and continue to cook gently for two minutes.
The Irish Times
4
The Buda Kale somewhat resembles the Purple; but the stalk is shorter.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
5
Hanna almost choked on a broccoli stalk, certain she'd heard Ruby wrong.
Heartless
6
Second, because after too much damage nobody bothers to even stalk you.
Rant: an oral biography of buster casey
7
The best fiber amounts to about 75 per cent of the stalk.
Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools ...
8
We've got a major stalk incursion, grid Echo Five-threestalks so far.
Anvil Gate
9
One end of the stalk is held in ebonite forceps and vibrated.
Response in the Living and Non-Living
10
After the leaves are stripped from the stalk the process known as
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commer...
11
But the free stalk is too risky, not controlled enough for him.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
12
But my stalk eyes saw Loren look at me with fresh hope.
The Andalite Chronicles
13
What do you think I'm going to do, stalk you and gloat?'
The Naked God
14
And he had already begun to bite the inevitable stalk of grass.
Eleanor
15
He entered a cool lotus stalk that grew in the Manas lake.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
16
The fruit is really the thickened, succulent stalk of the kidney-shaped nut.
Tropic Days
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Translations for stalk
Russian
слой
Stalk through the time
Stalk across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common