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21stalk — stalk1 [sto:k US sto:k] n ↑leaf, ↑petal, ↑stem, ↑stalk [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from stale step of a ladder, long handle (11 19 centuries), from Old English stalu] 1.) a long narrow part of a plant that supports leaves, fruits, or… …
22stalk — stalk1 [ stɔk ] noun count a long thin part of a plant with a flower, fruit, or leaf at the end: celery/mushroom/cherry stalks a. a long thin part of an object or animal that supports something on the end of it stalk stalk 2 [ stɔk ] verb 1. )… …
23stalk — I. noun Etymology: Middle English stalke; akin to Old English stela stalk, support Date: 14th century 1. a slender upright object or supporting or connecting part; especially peduncle 2. a. the main stem of an herbaceous plant often with its… …
24stalk — v. (P; intr.) to stalk out of the room * * * [stɔːk] (P; intr.) to stalk out of the room …
25stalk — n a. an erection or the penis. This British and Australian sense of the word principally survives in the phrases stalk fever and stalk on. b. effrontery (in a male), cheek, bottle. A rare working class usage (recorded in The Signs of Crime, A… …
26stalk — I. /stɔk / (say stawk) noun 1. the stem or main axis of a plant. 2. any slender supporting or connecting part of a plant, as the petiole of a leaf, the peduncle of a flower, or the funicle of an ovule. 3. a similar structural part of an animal. 4 …
27stalk — 1. Stem. Hā, au, kū au, ko o. Also: hākai, au au. ♦ Stalk with many branches, pū manamana. ♦ Hereditary stalk, hāho oili (of a family long established). 2. To follow. Hahai malū, uhai mālie, ho omoho, hakupehe …
28stalk — See control stalk multi function control stalk …
29stalk — n. [A.S. stel, stalk] A supporting structure, such as a pedicel …
30stalk — English has two distinct words stalk. The noun, ‘plant stem’ [14], probably originated as a diminutive form of the now extinct stale ‘long handle’, a word distantly related to Greek steleá ‘handle’. The verb, ‘track stealthily’ [OE], goes back to …
