Crossword-Solution: STALK
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Stalk | n. | The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp. |
| Stalk | n. | The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant. |
| Stalk | n. | That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill. |
| Stalk | n. | An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring. |
| Stalk | n. | One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. |
| Stalk | n. | A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids. |
| Stalk | n. | The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect. |
| Stalk | n. | The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans. |
| Stalk | n. | An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor. |
| Stalk | v. i. | To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun. |
| Stalk | v. i. | To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover. |
| Stalk | v. i. | To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step. |
| Stalk | v. t. | To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game. |
| Stalk | n. | A high, proud, stately step or walk. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| STALK | anagram | TALKS |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CEAZME
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eruption
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Sentences with STALK (5)
Every green was young, every pore was open, and every stalk was swollen with racing currents of juice.
Out of each clump of sharp bayonet leaves rose a tall stalk hung with greenish-white bells with thick, fleshy petals.
And not only were these flowers almost blinding in their vivid hues of red and gold, but each one whirled around upon its stalk like a miniature wind-mill, completely dazzling the vision of the beholders and so mystifying them that they knew not which way to turn.
Were our friend now to stalk in among them, with that wide-open stare, at once wild and stolid, his ungenial presence would be apt to change their cheer.
The lion might stalk them until hungry again; but the chances were that if not angered he would soon tire of the sport, and slink away to his jungle lair.
Quotes with STALK (3)
How did you find me? If you hacked into the Club’s computer to look up my appointments - "“Whoa, I think you overestimate me, shitlord. Last time I checked all I did was be in the wrong place at the right time. I saw you and had to - ”“Stalk me.”“ - delicately approach you. In a sideways manner. From behind. Without being seen at all. For ten minutes.
What a lovely thing a rose is!" He walked past the couch to the open window and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green. It was a new phase of his character to me, for I had never before seen him show any keen interest in natural objects. "There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as religion," said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. "It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our hig…
I stalk certain words... I catch them in mid-flight, as they buzz past, I trap them, clean them, peel them, I set myself in front of the dish, they have a crystalline texture to me, vibrant, ivory, vegetable, oily, like fruit, like algae, like agates, like olives... I stir them, I shake them, I drink them, I gulp them down, I mash them, I garnish them... I leave them in my poem like stalactites, like slivers of polished wood, like coals, like pickings from a shipwreck, gifts …
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 167 times in crossword archives (1958–2025).