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| stalking | |
| 1. n. Hunting for game by moving silently and stealthily or by waiting in ambush. |  |
| 2. n. The crime of following or harassing another person, causing him or her to fear death or injury. | |
| 3. n. The removal of stalks from bunches of grapes prior to winemaking. | |
| stalk | |
| 1. n. The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts. | |
| a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp | |
| 2. n. The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant. | |
| 3. n. Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill. | |
| 4. n. (architecture) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring. | |
| 5. n. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. | |
| 6. n. zoology | |
| 7. n. A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids. | |
| 8. n. The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect. | |
| 9. n. The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans. | |
| 10. n. (metalworking) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor. | |
| 11. v. To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer. | |
| 12. v. To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.Wp | |
| My ex-girlfriend is stalking me. | |
| 13. v. (intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive) To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover. | |
| 15. n. A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone. | |
| 16. n. A hunt (of a wild animal). | |
| 17. v. (intransitive) To walk haughtily. | |
